Prime Minister Kim: "Securing Hospital Beds is the Top Priority... 5,000 Additional Moderate COVID-19 Treatment Beds"
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum Leaving the COVID-19 Joint Response Situation Room
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-hoon = Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum is leaving the situation room after completing an on-site inspection of the COVID-19 Joint Response Situation Room at the National Medical Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 14th. 2021.12.14
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Junhyung] Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum announced plans to expand the number of moderate to severe treatment beds from the current 14,000 to about 19,000.
On the 14th, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum held a meeting at the National Medical Center with hospital directors and medical officials who cooperated in securing beds in the metropolitan area to discuss cooperation measures. On this day, Prime Minister Kim said, "Securing beds is the top priority to treat the rapidly increasing confirmed cases," and added, "The government plans to promptly secure about 19,000 moderate to severe treatment beds by adding 5,000 beds to the current 14,000." He continued, "Equally important as securing beds is the efficient operation of the secured beds," and said, "From listening to voices on the ground, it seems the bed bottleneck phenomenon is worsening."
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Prime Minister Kim stated, "We plan to clearly define the discharge criteria for intensive care units and strictly enforce them," and added, "We will provide differential compensation to medical institutions based on the length of stay to prevent patients who have completed treatment from remaining in COVID-19 beds for an extended period." He further said, "Actively utilizing antibody treatments and other measures to proactively prevent mild patients from worsening to severe cases is also a way to reduce the burden on medical response."
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