"Prevent Medical Crisis!" Pohang City Strengthens Emergency Medical Measures... No Reports of Damage Cases Received

Emergency Medical, Delivery, and Pediatric Emergency Response Measures Established

Local Medical Institutions Operating Normally, No Reported Damage Cases

Mayor Lee Gang-deok Emphasizes "Citizen Health and Life as Top Priority"

As medical residents nationwide are leaving hospital sites, raising concerns about a medical crisis, Pohang City has confirmed that there have been no gaps in medical services at local general hospitals (5 locations) emergency medical centers, maternity hospitals, 24-hour pediatric emergency centers, and emergency surgery patients, and no reports of damage have been received.

Mayor Lee Gang-deok is explaining the 'Local Medical Innovation Plan' at the Pohang Medical Center auditorium on the 15th.

Since the 7th, Pohang City has been operating an emergency medical response situation room at the Nam-gu and Buk-gu public health centers, conducting pre-inspections of emergency room operations at medical institutions and continuously monitoring the medical community situation.

In preparation for collective medical institution strikes, the city is strengthening an emergency medical system centered on general hospital emergency medical centers and public medical institutions to ensure there are no gaps in essential medical services such as emergency care, childbirth, 24-hour pediatric emergency care, and emergency surgery.

Additionally, in case the collective strike spreads to clinic-level medical institutions in the future, the city plans to reduce public anxiety and minimize medical service gaps by extending public health center hours, maintaining an emergency medical system at Pohang Naval Hospital, and establishing emergency medical systems at general hospitals as needed.

Furthermore, through public-private-military cooperation involving Nam-gu and Buk-gu public health centers, military hospitals, local general hospitals, and public medical institutions, an emergency response system will be established, and consultations for reporting and supporting damages caused by doctors' collective actions will continue.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok urged, “I ask the medical community to prioritize citizens’ health and lives above all else,” and added, “We will closely monitor the medical community situation and focus administrative efforts to minimize medical service gaps directly related to citizens’ health.”

Information on medical institutions available during collective strikes can be found through ▲ Ministry of Health and Welfare Call Center (129) ▲ 119 Emergency Situation Management Center (119) ▲ Pohang City Hall and Nam-gu and Buk-gu public health center websites ▲ Emergency Medical Portal ▲ Emergency Medical Information Service (E-GEN) app.

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