Gyeonggi Province Signs MOU to Establish 'Infectious Disease Joint Response System' with 5 Institutions Including Bundang Seoul National University Hospital

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has joined hands with five tertiary general hospitals?Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, Ajou University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, and Korea University Ansan Hospital?to establish a joint infectious disease crisis response system, including attracting an infectious disease specialized hospital.

On the 5th, Oh Byung-kwon, Acting Governor of Gyeonggi Province, Baek Nam-jong, Director of Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, Han Sang-wook, Director of Ajou University Hospital, Shin Eung-jin, Director of Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Yoo Kyung-ho, Director of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Kim Un-young, Director of Korea University Ansan Hospital, and Jeong Il-yong, Director of Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center, signed the "Gyeonggi Province Infectious Disease Joint Response System Establishment Memorandum of Understanding" at the new building situation room of the Gyeonggi Provincial Government.

According to the agreement, each institution will mutually cooperate in ▲ establishing a public-private cooperation network centered on regional infectious disease specialized hospitals ▲ establishing crisis response plans and collaborating on education and training ▲ jointly hosting academic conferences and strengthening information sharing ▲ operating an efficient medical system according to the joint response plan.

Meanwhile, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) is conducting a public contest for metropolitan area infectious disease specialized hospitals until the 13th.

The KDCA will select one hospital among tertiary general hospitals located in Gyeonggi, Seoul, Incheon, and Gangwon through a selection evaluation committee review and support approximately 44.9 billion KRW to establish 36 beds (6 intensive care unit beds, 30 negative pressure rooms), 2 outpatient observation beds, and 2 negative pressure operating rooms. The main roles of the infectious disease specialized hospital include diagnosis, testing, and isolation treatment of infectious disease patients, education and training of infectious disease response specialists in medical institutions within the region, and allocation and transfer of infectious disease patients within the region.

The province plans to focus all efforts on early containment of infectious disease spread through rapid patient isolation and treatment in the metropolitan infectious disease specialized hospital to be selected this year, especially in the event of a large-scale outbreak of new infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

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