"Minimizing Medical Gaps" ... Changwon Special City Fully Activates Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam has stepped up efforts to minimize medical service gaps by activating the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, an emergency response system, following the escalation of the health and medical disaster alert to the highest level, "Severe."

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, is presiding over the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting.

As collective actions such as the submission of resignation letters by resident doctors intensified, the government raised the health and medical crisis alert level to "Severe" as of 8 a.m. on the 23rd.

In response, Changwon Special City established the expanded Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 23rd, enhancing the role and organization of the "Emergency Medical Response Situation Room" that had been operating since the 8th, and will operate it until the situation is resolved. The headquarters is composed of 5 teams (▲Disaster Management General ▲Hospital Operation Inspection ▲Maintenance of Social Order ▲Emergency Patient Transport ▲Disaster Recovery Public Relations) and 10 departments, formulating and implementing step-by-step measures according to the situation.

The Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters' working groups are flexibly organized depending on the situation. The fire station plans to establish a system to share information and cooperate with medical institution officials to promptly transport patients to medical facilities capable of treatment in case of emergencies.

Currently, the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters conducts daily inspections of medical institution operations and monitors the working status of resident doctors at training hospitals and essential medical services (such as emergency rooms) in real time to minimize medical service gaps.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, stated, "Above all, the safety of citizens is the top priority, so we will provide necessary information to citizens in real time," adding, "We will continue monitoring emergency medical institutions in hospitals and establish an organic cooperation system with related organizations to fully commit to operating emergency medical response measures."

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