Jeonnam Province Launches Full-Scale Operation of Home Care Support Counseling Center for General Management Group COVID-19 Patients

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 10th that it has opened and officially launched a Home Care Support Counseling Center that provides phone consultations and prescriptions linked with local medical institutions for confirmed cases in the general management group.

Jeonnam Province has completed the establishment of Home Care Support Counseling Centers at 23 locations across the province, centered on the Home Treatment Promotion Team.

Each counseling center is staffed with three medical, health, and administrative personnel each, and operates in two or three shifts according to the conditions of the city or county.

The counseling centers are opened within public health centers and provide 24-hour phone consultations and prescriptions linked with neighborhood clinics and hospitals for the general management group. There are 104 neighborhood clinics and hospitals in the province that offer phone consultations and prescriptions with telemedicine capabilities.

According to the reorganization of the home treatment monitoring system, confirmed patients aged 60 or older and those eligible for oral antiviral treatment are assigned to the intensive management group and receive phone monitoring twice a day.

Other general management group patients receive phone consultations and prescriptions linked with neighborhood clinics and hospitals through the Home Care Support Counseling Center if symptoms such as fever occur, without regular monitoring.

In particular, Jeonnam Province plans to post a list of Jeonnam-type Home Care Support Counseling Centers on its website to facilitate easy phone consultations.

Additionally, when a person is diagnosed with COVID-19 and classified as part of the general management group, information on the isolation period, release date, and the contact number of the counseling center in the area will be sent via text message to ensure smooth non-face-to-face medical consultations.

A Jeonnam Province official said, “We will strive to ensure that confirmed cases in the general management group can safely receive phone consultations and prescriptions at home,” and added, “We will continuously improve any inconveniences through feedback from counseling centers and medical institutions on site.”

The list of neighborhood clinics and hospitals that provide phone consultations and prescriptions for the general management group can be found on the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service website.

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