Gyeonggi-do Emergency Medical Fund of 1.1 Billion KRW Urgently Injected into Gyeonggi Medical Center for Emergency Treatment

Gyeonggi Province will urgently provide 1.147 billion KRW from the disaster management fund to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center, which has entered an emergency medical system due to collective action by doctors.

On the 29th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will use the disaster management fund in early March to support personnel expenses and operating costs for medical staff at Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center, who have extended their consultation hours to prevent medical service gaps.

The emergency support follows the directive of Governor Kim Dong-yeon of Gyeonggi Province. During his visit to Suwon Hospital of Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center on February 24, Governor Kim said, "Please do your best under the given circumstances to protect the health and lives of the residents," and promised, "We will not hesitate to provide support if anything is needed."

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon is visiting Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital on the 24th and touring the hospital.

This is the second time the disaster management fund has been provided to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center. In 2020, during the COVID-19 crisis, Gyeonggi Province supported the medical center with 4 billion KRW from the disaster management fund to expand medical equipment for infectious disease-dedicated hospitals.

The six hospitals affiliated with Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center have maintained an emergency medical system since the 24th, extending weekday consultation hours from the previous 5:30 PM to 8 PM, following the government's escalation of the health and medical disaster crisis alert from caution to severe on the 23rd in response to the doctors' collective action.

Meanwhile, in response to the crisis alert escalation, Gyeonggi Province upgraded the existing emergency medical countermeasures headquarters to the provincial disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters, with the governor as the head.

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