Thank you Hyundai Motor! Daegu City Secures One More Residential Treatment Center at Hyundai Motor Education Facility, Easing Bed Shortage

Maximum 280 Beds, 36 Personnel Including Medical Staff, Military, Police, and Firefighters Deployed in 5 Teams

Addressing Bed Shortage Due to Rapid Increase in Chain Cluster Infections Including COVID-19 Delta Variant

Hyundai Motor Group Yeongnam Education Facility, Yangnam-myeon, Gyeongju City.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Hyundai Motor Group has generously provided 'beds' for the treatment of COVID-19 confirmed patients in Daegu. They vacated employee training facilities to be used as treatment spaces.

With the rapid increase in COVID-19 confirmed cases, Daegu City, which was experiencing a shortage of treatment spaces, has newly secured 280 beds, providing much-needed relief.

Following the opening of the Gyeongbuk Regional Living Treatment Center at the Ministry of Education Central Training Institute in Dong-gu, Daegu, on June 9, Daegu City will additionally open a 'Daegu City Living Treatment Center' at Hyundai Motor Group's Talent Development Institute Yeongnam Regional Training Facility in Yangnam-myeon, Gyeongju City.

As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads and chain group infections continue in everyday places such as churches and sports facilities, confirmed cases in the region have significantly increased, prompting Daegu City to secure additional beds as a preemptive response.

The center will be operated by 36 personnel divided into five teams, including medical staff, military forces, police, and firefighters.

Thirteen medical professionals, including doctors and nurses from Daegu Fatima Hospital, will be stationed to care for patients.

Additionally, the 'Daegu City Integrated Psychological Support Group' will provide day and night telephone psychological counseling for residents.

Daegu City will prioritize admitting asymptomatic and mild patients to the living treatment center to ensure stable bed operation. They also plan to secure more beds at dedicated hospitals in preparation for a surge in severe and critical patients.

Mayor Kwon Young-jin of Daegu said, "The spread of COVID-19 is not easily slowing down due to variant viruses," adding, "We will do our best to help patients admitted to the living treatment centers return quickly to their families and daily lives."

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