Chungnam Province Activates Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters to Address 'Medical Gap'

Chungnam Province is upgrading the currently operating Emergency Medical Response Headquarters to a "Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters" to prepare for medical service gaps caused by collective actions in the medical community.

According to Chungnam Province on the 27th, the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters will be led by Governor Kim Tae-heum as the head, Vice Governor Kim Ki-young as the deputy head, the Director of the Office of Autonomy and Safety as the general coordinator, and the Director of the Welfare and Health Bureau as the controller.

The working teams are composed of seven groups: Situation Management and Recovery General Team, Situation Management Support Team, Emergency Medical Management Team, Ambulance Support Team, Public Relations Support Team, Social Order Maintenance Team, and Collaboration Support Team.

The main roles of the Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters include promoting and supporting emergency medical measures, supporting emergency transport cooperation systems, activating response cooperation systems with related organizations, and providing public information and guidance to residents.

In Chungnam, the operation of 16 emergency medical institutions, including four regional medical centers, is being reinforced to operate a 24-hour emergency medical system. At the same time, emergency contact networks are being established with city and county health centers, fire and emergency medical institutions, and the police to focus on dispersing emergency patients by monitoring the status of each emergency medical institution.

If the situation worsens, such as regional medical institutions participating in collective strikes, measures will be taken to prevent essential medical service gaps, including extending weekday operating hours of the four medical centers and city and county health centers.

The status of emergency medical institutions can be checked in real-time on the Chungnam Province and city/county websites, the 120 call center, the Emergency Medical Portal, and the mobile app "Emergency Medical Information Service (e-gen)".

Meanwhile, as of the 26th, it has been identified that among 300 residents in nine training hospitals in Chungnam, 220 (73%) have submitted resignation letters, and 229 (76%) have left their workplaces.

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