Ewha Medical Center and Hanyang University Hospital Send Medical Support Teams to Jamboree Consecutively

Medical staff from domestic university hospitals are gathering at Saemangeum, where the 25th World Scout Jamboree is being held, to provide medical support.

Ewha Womans University Medical Center dispatched a medical support team to the 25th World Scout Jamboree. The medical support team is taking a commemorative photo before their dispatch.
[Photo by Ewha Womans University Medical Center]

Ewha Womans University Medical Center announced on the 7th that it has dispatched a medical support team to the 25th World Scout Jamboree taking place in the Saemangeum area of Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do.

Professor Kim Chung-jong of the Infectious Diseases Department at Ewha Seoul Hospital, along with two nurses and one staff member, departed first the previous day, and on the 7th, Professor Woo Young-min of the Cardiology Department at Ewha Mokdong Hospital, one nurse, and one staff member headed to Saemangeum. The Ewha Medical Center support team will stay at the Saemangeum camping site until the 8th, providing treatment and care for heat-related patients and injuries caused by the intense heat.

Yoo Kyung-ha, director of Ewha Medical Center, said, "I heard that many heat-related illness patients appeared as a heatwave warning was issued in early August," adding, "Ewha Medical Center decided to provide medical support based on the founding spirit of 'service and sharing.'"

Hanyang University Hospital is also sending medical staff to provide support. On the same day, Hanyang University Hospital announced that Professor Kim Young-seo of the Neurology Department and Professor Kim Bong-young of the Infectious Diseases Department will participate in medical support to ensure the health and safety of participants. They will stay on-site from the 7th to the 11th, treating heat-related and infectious patients that may increase due to the heatwave while providing medical support.

Professor Kim Young-seo is a cerebrovascular disease specialist capable of urgent response and treatment in emergencies such as headaches, dizziness, and heat-related illnesses. Professor Kim Bong-young, an expert in large-scale infectious diseases, has already registered before the event to provide specialized medical care at the event site, where there is concern about group infections due to communal cooking and lodging.

Lee Hyung-jung, director of Hanyang University Hospital, said, "I hope no more heat-related illness patients occur," and added, "In addition to the medical support team working on-site, these two professors will go out this week to assess the situation, and if more medical support is needed, an additional emergency medical support team will be dispatched."

Prior to this, Seoul National University Hospital, Severance Hospital, Korea University Medical Center, and others have also dispatched medical staff to the Jamboree site and continue medical support activities for the Scout participants. Samsung Seoul Hospital sent a medical support team consisting of doctors and nurses on the 5th.

(From left) Professor Kim Young-seo, Professor Kim Bong-young, Hanyang University Hospital. [Photo by Hanyang University Hospital]

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