Jeonnam Province Accommodates 13 Additional COVID-19 Confirmed Cases from Gyeonggi Region

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province is continuing to share hospital beds by additionally accommodating 13 COVID-19 confirmed patients from the Gyeonggi region, which is struggling with a shortage of hospital beds.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 18th, the patients admitted to the Jeonnam infectious disease dedicated hospital this time were those waiting at home due to the shortage of hospital beds in Gyeonggi Province.

Following the first group of 7 patients on the 11th, a total of 20 patients have been hospitalized and treated at Mokpo City Medical Center, an infectious disease dedicated hospital.

Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been continuously spreading in the metropolitan area and nationwide, and sporadic cluster infections have occurred due to seasonal risk factors and the social atmosphere during the year-end and New Year holidays, creating a very critical situation.

In particular, as the daily number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Korea exceeds about 1,000, the province has responded to the news of the shortage of hospital beds especially in Gyeonggi Province in the metropolitan area by practicing the warm hearts of Jeonnam residents through sharing hospital beds.

In March, the province also treated 30 COVID-19 patients from Daegu, and plans to monitor the operation status of infectious disease dedicated hospital beds and consider additional admissions in the future.

Especially since November, as community infections have rapidly spread, the province has resumed operating residential treatment centers to alleviate the shortage of hospital beds, and currently, the utilization rate of the 414 beds secured in the province, including infectious disease dedicated hospitals, is 30.4%, operating stably.

Along with this, hospital bed sharing has also been practiced in cooperation with Gwangju Metropolitan City as part of mutual growth efforts.

Kang Young-gu, Director of the Health and Welfare Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, “With the warm hearts of Jeonnam, we will do our best so that patients can receive good treatment and return to their daily lives.”

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