Prime Minister Jeong: "Nurses Endure with a Sense of Duty, True Heroes"

Visited the Korean Nurses Association to Encourage... "Hope and Inspiration for the People"

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun (center) visited the Korean Nurses Association in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 4th and posed for the 'Thanks Challenge' with Shin Kyung-rim, President of the Korean Nurses Association (second from the left), and other officials. (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun encouraged on the 4th, "Nurses who endure extreme situations with a sense of duty are truly our 'real heroes'."

On the same day, Prime Minister Chung visited the Korean Nurses Association in Jung-gu, Seoul, saying, "The sweat that nurses have shed so far has been the greatest strength in overcoming the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)."

That day, Prime Minister Chung listened to an explanation about the COVID-19 response support status from Shin Kyung-rim, president of the Korean Nurses Association, and met with nurses practicing how to put on and take off personal protective equipment to encourage them.

He expressed gratitude, saying, "From the first domestic COVID-19 patient on January 20 last year, through the first wave in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, the second wave triggered by the Gwanghwamun rally, and now the third wave we are facing, nurses have been at the center of every crisis moment."

He continued, "Recently, as about 1,000 confirmed cases have been reported daily and medical personnel have become scarce, I heard that more than 5,000 people nationwide applied to be COVID-19 nurses."

Prime Minister Chung said, "Nurses who risked danger and jumped into difficult areas at moments of crisis are giving hope and inspiration to our people exhausted by COVID-19."

He added, "We understand the difficulties in the medical field well, and the government will do its best to support nurses to reduce their burden even a little and to work under better conditions," urging, "I hope you take care of your own health while taking good care of patients."

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