Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service Activates Emergency Medical Support System by Establishing Emergency Medical Response Headquarters

Healthcare Crisis Elevated to 'Severe', Daily Response Strategy

Director Park Jong-gil Reviews Preparedness of Directly Managed Hospitals

The Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service (Director Park Jong-gil) has established an Emergency Medical Response Headquarters to activate an emergency medical support system.

In response to the recent escalation of the health and medical crisis to the 'severe' level, the Service announced on the 25th that on the 23rd, it set up the 'Emergency Medical Response Headquarters' led by the Director and reinforced the emergency medical system at nine directly managed industrial accident hospitals capable of emergency treatment (Incheon, Ansan, Changwon, Daegu, Suncheon, Daejeon, Taebaek, Donghae, Jeongseon).

Initially, at 10 a.m. on the 23rd, a nationwide emergency inspection meeting was held by connecting hospital directors via video conference. They also checked the on-site readiness and shared decisions made by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.

The Service's Emergency Response Headquarters plans to monitor the situation on-site daily and implement response strategies accordingly.

Director Park Jong-gil instructed each hospital director to closely coordinate with their respective local governments to respond to emergency medical demands and to strengthen the emergency work system, including extended working hours and on-call standby.

Following his visit to Suncheon Hospital last week, Director Park visited Donghae Hospital in the Gangwon region, a medically underserved area, on the 24th to inspect the weekend emergency medical standby situation. At this meeting, he received reports on the emergency medical response status, including the additional expansion of beds in the emergency room and intensive care unit at Donghae Hospital, and urged for organic cooperation with local governments to minimize patient inconvenience.

Director Park met with emergency room and intensive care unit staff to check the response readiness at the medical site and personally delivered warm coffee and snacks to nurses on emergency duty to encourage them.

Park Jong-gil, Director of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, is visiting a directly managed hospital operating an emergency medical system, delivering coffee to the medical staff and offering encouragement.

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