Mayor Oh Se-hoon Visits 'Jungnang Fire Station' to Inspect COVID Emergency Patient Transport System

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is giving an opening remark at the emergency district mayor meeting related to COVID-19 held at the Seoul City Hall Integrated Safety Situation Room on the 20th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 21st, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon visited Jungnang Fire Station to inspect the emergency patient transport system designed to safely transfer COVID-19 confirmed patients and those experiencing adverse reactions to vaccinations, and to encourage the 119 firefighters responsible for related duties.

Mayor Oh also inspected the facilities of the 'One-Stop Infection Control Room,' which was installed and began operation in July within Jungnang Fire Station. This multipurpose infection control facility, the first of its kind installed in fire stations nationwide, handles everything from disinfecting contaminated ambulance equipment to isolating and monitoring suspected COVID-19 personnel in one place.

He also checked the operational status of the 'negative pressure ambulance,' which prevents virus leakage outside the vehicle. Seoul currently deploys negative pressure ambulances in four regional zones for infectious disease-related transport.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters has responded a total of 49,187 times over the past 535 days for COVID-19-related transports, including confirmed patient transfers.

Meanwhile, Mayor Oh continues on-site inspections by visiting quarantine sites. Last week, he inspected the Mapo-gu Vaccination Center, the Seoul Institute of Health and Environment responsible for COVID-19 specimen testing in Seoul, and Ttukseom Hangang Park.

During the weekend, he visited the Seoul National University Living Treatment Center for isolated confirmed patients and the temporary screening clinic at the Nowon-gu Office parking lot. On the 19th, he visited the Seocho-gu Drive-Through Temporary Screening Clinic on its first day of operation to encourage medical staff and on-site support personnel.

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