Severe Trauma Patients in Gyeonggi Province Can Now Receive Treatment at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital Trauma Center

Cho Sun-ho, Head of Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters (right), is taking a commemorative photo with Seok Woong, Director of the Armed Forces Capital Hospital, after signing a business agreement at the Trauma Center of the Armed Forces Capital Hospital on the 26th. Photo by Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters has paved the way for the transportation and treatment of civilian severe trauma patients by 119 ambulances at the Trauma Center within the Armed Forces Capital Hospital, which was previously accessible only to military personnel.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Armed Forces Capital Hospital at the Armed Forces Trauma Center located in Seongnam, attended by Jo Seon-ho, Director of the Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, Seok Woong, Director of the Armed Forces Capital Hospital, and Kim Nam-ryeol, Director of the Armed Forces Trauma Center.

According to the agreement, civilian severe trauma patients can now be transported by 119 ambulances and treated at the Trauma Center within the Armed Forces Capital Hospital.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters expects that with the Armed Forces Capital Hospital Trauma Center serving as an emergency medical facility in the region, it will be possible to distribute civilian severe trauma patients from eastern Gyeonggi areas such as Seongnam, Hanam, and Gwangju to different hospitals.

Jo Seon-ho, Director of the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, stated, "Civilian treatment is now possible at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital Trauma Center, which is equipped with excellent medical staff and state-of-the-art medical facilities," adding, "We will thoroughly prepare to ensure that emergency patients can be transported quickly and smoothly to the Armed Forces Capital Hospital through detailed consultations with the hospital."

Meanwhile, the Armed Forces Trauma Center at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital, which opened in April, employs 16 doctors and 42 nurses. It is equipped with operating rooms and intensive care units, enabling 24-hour treatment of all severe trauma patients except for mothers and children.

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