Kyungpook National University Hospital Dispatches Medical Support Team to Community Treatment Center

Kyungpook National University Hospital Dispatches Medical Support Team to Daegu City's Second Independent Residential Treatment Center. Photo by Kyungpook National University Hospital

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Kyungpook National University Hospital has dispatched a medical support team to the ‘Daegu City Self-Operated No. 2 Residential Treatment Center’ established at Hyundai Motor Company Human Resources Development Center in Yangnam-myeon, Gyeongju City, to support the isolation and treatment of COVID-19 confirmed patients.

Kyungpook National University Hospital launched the ‘Residential Treatment Center Medical Support Team’ to rapidly end COVID-19 through treatment of severe patients and prompt care for mild cases. Since the 11th, it has dispatched about 20 personnel including doctors, nurses, and radiologists to handle medical support tasks such as treatment and monitoring of infectious disease patients.

The ‘Daegu City Self-Operated No. 2 Residential Treatment Center,’ one of the two residential treatment centers currently operated by Daegu City, has about 560 beds. Seven regional general hospitals participate as cooperative hospitals for two months each, dispatching medical staff.

Kim Yong-rim, director of Kyungpook National University Hospital, said, “Although the COVID-19 vaccination rate exceeds 70%, dozens of local COVID-19 infection cases continue to occur daily, so the situation cannot be considered safe.” He added, “We will do our best to help patients return to their families and daily lives as soon as possible.”

Meanwhile, Kyungpook National University Hospital was the first in the nation to operate a residential treatment center and the world’s first to operate a drive-through screening clinic. In December last year, it was designated as a COVID-19 base hospital and is currently operating about 300 beds (5 wards) as COVID-19 patient treatment beds.

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