Chungnam Province Activates Emergency Room Surveillance System for Cold-Related Illnesses
Chungnam Province announced on the 29th that it will operate the ‘Cold-related Illness Emergency Room Surveillance System’ from next month 1st to February 29th of next year.
The Cold-related Illness Emergency Room Surveillance System is a system in which 20 local emergency room operating institutions monitor the occurrence status of cold-related illness patients in real time to observe the impact of cold waves on health.
The information collected through this system is provided daily on the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency website.
Cold-related illnesses are diseases caused directly by cold that can harm the human body, including hypothermia, frostbite, chilblains, immersion foot, and trench foot.
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Kim Eun-sook, Director of Health Policy at Chungnam Province, said, “The Korea Meteorological Administration forecasted that this winter will have large temperature fluctuations and temperatures may drop sharply. Chungnam Province will continuously cooperate with local medical institutions to strengthen the capacity to monitor health damage caused by cold waves and promptly disclose related information.”
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