[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The pregnant women 119 emergency service, representing "Chungnam, a good place to give birth and raise children," is settling well on the ground.


According to the Chungnam Fire Headquarters on the 7th, as of the end of last year, a total of 11,453 pregnant women had registered their information, including medical institutions, in the emergency rescue system for pregnant women.


Among them, the number of cases in which local pregnant women used the "Pregnant Women 119 Emergency Service" in the first quarter (January to March) was a total of 1,390 cases.


By type of transport, pregnant women’s medical treatment was the highest with 181 cases, followed by returning home with 179 cases, infant transport with 141 cases, abdominal pain with 42 cases, labor pain with 24 cases, bleeding with 14 cases, childbirth with 1 case, and others with 96 cases.


This includes 29 cases of pregnant women from multicultural families. The number of pregnant women from multicultural families registered in the emergency rescue system is 429.


By region, the number of uses of the pregnant women 119 emergency service was highest in Cheonan with 393 cases, followed by Asan with 180 cases, Dangjin with 131 cases, Hongseong with 94 cases, and Nonsan with 88 cases.


The Fire Headquarters currently operates three large ambulances dedicated to pregnant women, deployed by region. In addition, they are in the process of introducing one more this year to be deployed in Nonsan.



Kim Sang-sik, the emergency team leader of the Fire Headquarters, said, “There are many difficulties from the moment a woman learns she is pregnant until childbirth, but the ‘Pregnant Women 119 Emergency Service’ will be a reliable companion throughout that process. The Fire Headquarters will continue to strive to meet the expectations of residents through service quality and satisfaction.”


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