Gyeonggi-do Faces Serious Medical Sector Collective Action... Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to Operate on the 23rd

Gyeonggi Province elevated its emergency medical response headquarters to the provincial disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters, led by the governor, on the 23rd in response to collective action by the medical community. This move follows the government's decision to raise the health and medical disaster crisis alert from the caution to the severe level due to the medical sector's collective action.

The Gyeonggi Province Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters is led by Governor Kim Dong-yeon, with the First Deputy Governor (Deputy Chief), Director of Safety Management Office (General Coordinator), and Director of the Health and Welfare Bureau (Controller) forming the command team. It consists of seven operational teams: Situation Management, Recovery and Restoration, Ambulance and Transport Support, Inspection Support, Resident Communication, External Cooperation, and Disaster Recovery Public Relations.

The main roles include promoting and supporting emergency medical measures, coordinating transport cooperation systems and related agencies, and publicizing and guiding residents.

Following the declaration of the severe alert level, Gyeonggi Province will fully activate its emergency medical response. First, 73 emergency medical institutions and 21 emergency medical facilities within the province will maintain a 24-hour emergency medical system. The regional trauma centers in Gyeonggi, Ajou University Hospital and Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, will also provide 24-hour care for severe trauma patients.

Six hospitals affiliated with the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center will extend their weekday medical hours until 8 p.m., and weekend and holiday medical services will be gradually implemented. The operating hours of public health centers in 31 cities and counties will also be expanded.

On the 23rd, Oh Byung-kwon, the First Deputy Governor of Gyeonggi Province, discussed countermeasures against collective actions in the medical sector with deputy heads of 31 cities and counties via video conference.

Gyeonggi Province plans to establish an emergency contact network among city and county public health centers, fire departments, emergency medical institutions, and the police, and will monitor the status of emergency medical institutions to facilitate the distribution and transport of emergency patients. Additionally, the province will actively provide information on emergency medical institutions and night and holiday clinics through its official website (gg.go.kr) and call center (031-120).

Following the launch of the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, on the morning of the 23rd, a meeting was held chaired by First Deputy Governor Oh Byung-kwon with deputy heads from 31 cities and counties to review the emergency medical response situation amid the medical community's collective action.

Deputy Governor Oh Byung-kwon urged, "Please fully mobilize all capabilities to operate emergency medical systems in each city and county and extend public health center hours to prevent any medical service gaps. It is important to distribute emergency patients to prevent overcrowding in large hospitals. We must actively guide residents to emergency medical institutions, public health medical institutions, and night and holiday clinics using the website and call center to minimize inconvenience to the residents."

Meanwhile, as of the 22nd, among 40 resident training hospitals in the province, 1,568 residents from 33 hospitals have submitted their resignation letters. This accounts for 67.6% of the total 2,321 residents in Gyeonggi Province.

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