Employment Minister "Emergency Inspection of Industrial Accident Hospital Emergency Care... Minimizing Medical Service Gaps"

Lee Jeong-sik, Minister of Employment and Labor, held an emergency inspection meeting with the directors of 9 industrial accident hospitals and the president of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service to check the implementation status of the emergency medical response measures at the industrial accident hospitals.

The 9 industrial accident hospitals have been operating under an emergency medical system since the 20th, running essential medical facilities (emergency rooms, operating rooms, intensive care units) 24 hours a day.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor stated, "These hospitals are sharing real-time information with related local institutions such as university hospitals and city halls, maintaining cooperative relationships for personnel dispatch and patient transfer and referral," and added, "If necessary, we will cooperate with local health centers to support available medical personnel such as doctors and nurses from worker health centers to regional hospitals."

The ministry explained that since the implementation of the emergency medical response measures, the number of patient transfers and referrals has rapidly increased, with active patient transfers and referrals especially in the Gangwon region, where infrastructure is lacking compared to the metropolitan area.

Minister Lee said, "As the inconvenience to the public due to the medical gap is gradually increasing, I hope the medical staff who have left the field will return to the patients as soon as possible," and added, "The government will strive to minimize the medical gap by implementing emergency medical response measures until normal medical services are restored."

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