Gwangju Seo-gu to Conduct Safety Inspections of Elderly Welfare Facilities Until the 16th of Next Month

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] The Seo-gu District Office of Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Seo Dae-seok) announced on the 18th that it will conduct safety inspections on 47 locations including elderly nursing facilities, elderly medical facilities, home welfare facilities, and senior welfare centers within the district until the 16th of next month.

The main contents of this safety inspection include ▲ preparation for natural disasters such as summer floods and heatwaves ▲ safety education and training ▲ liability insurance ▲ fire safety management ▲ electrical and gas safety management ▲ securing facility safety management.

In particular, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the district will also review necessary matters to establish infectious disease management measures for social welfare facilities and supplement safety inspection indicators, conducting institutional improvement efforts simultaneously.

To this end, first, under the supervision of social welfare facility managers, facilities will conduct self-inspections according to the summer safety inspection checklist, and later, a joint inspection team composed of local government officials and private experts in electricity, gas, fire, and facilities will conduct on-site inspections.

The safety inspection results will be entered into the administrative work support system for continuous management, and correction orders for facilities requiring repair or reinforcement, support for functional enhancement project costs, and active review and supplementation of suggestions and institutional improvement requests will be planned.

Song Kyung-ae, Director of the Aging Society Policy Division, said, “We will make every effort to ensure thoroughness in this inspection conducted not only for facility safety and disaster response measures against summer floods and heatwaves but also from the perspective of COVID-19 infectious disease preparedness.”

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