Gwangju City Conducts Comprehensive Inspection of Ambulance Operation Status in the Region

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 10th that it will conduct a comprehensive inspection of ambulance operation status.

This inspection will be jointly conducted by Gwangju City, autonomous districts, and the Gwangju Emergency Medical Support Center from the 13th to the 20th.

The focus will be on compliance with medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, facilities, and personnel standards.

The inspection targets are 224 ambulances (159 from medical institutions, 30 from fire stations, 8 from public health centers, 1 from correctional facilities, and 26 from emergency patient transport companies).

The main inspection items include ▲ compliance with equipment and personnel standards such as equipping ambulances with medical devices ▲ unauthorized use of ambulances ▲ dual registration of personnel in emergency patient transport companies ▲ attachment of registration (permission) certificates and transport treatment fee schedules ▲ preservation of operation logs, dispatch and treatment records for three years, etc.

The city plans to immediately correct minor issues detected during on-site inspections and take follow-up actions such as administrative measures according to laws and regulations for institutions found to be in violation.

According to Article 44 of the Emergency Medical Services Act, ambulances are vehicles operated only by authorized entities such as the state or local governments, medical institutions, and emergency patient transport companies. They are allowed to be used only for designated purposes such as transporting emergency patients, carrying blood for emergency medical care, transporting diagnostic test specimens and medical equipment, and transporting emergency medical personnel for emergency medical care.

Hong Sang-ui, Director of the Infectious Disease Management Division of the city, said, “We will do our best to improve the quality of emergency patient transport services by inspecting the operation status of ambulances, which are directly related to patients’ lives.”

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