6055 Hospitals and Clinics for COVID-19 Home Treatment Phone Consultations... Increase of 4199 in One Week

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The number of local clinics and hospitals nationwide providing telephone consultations or prescriptions to general management group patients undergoing home treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 has increased to 6,055.

According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on the 20th, the number of clinics and hospitals offering telephone consultations, which was 1,856 on the 10th when the home treatment system was reorganized, increased by 4,199 within a week, reaching 6,055 as of the 18th. This corresponds to an average daily increase of 18.4%.

With the home treatment reorganization, the government has been conducting health monitoring twice daily only for the intensive management group patients at high risk of severe illness, such as those aged 60 and over, since the 10th. The general management group, mostly young and mild or asymptomatic cases, observe their own health status and can call clinics or hospitals for non-face-to-face consultations and prescriptions if abnormalities occur.

By region, the number of clinics and hospitals participating in telephone consultations are: Gyeonggi 1,737, Seoul 1,541, Gyeongnam 330, Daegu 317, Incheon 299, Gyeongbuk 275, Jeonnam 253, Busan 214, Chungnam 205, Chungbuk 202, Jeonbuk 188, Gangwon 155, Daejeon 114, Gwangju 107, Jeju 54, Sejong 32, and Ulsan 20.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare also announced that the application process for clinics and hospitals wishing to participate in COVID-19 telephone consultations has been simplified. Currently, local governments manually receive participation applications, but from the 21st, clinics and hospitals will be able to apply directly through the Health and Medical Resources Integrated Reporting Portal.

The list of clinics and hospitals providing COVID-19 telephone consultations can be checked on the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service website and local government websites.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.