Gyeonggi-do Expands '24-Hour Response' Psychiatric Emergency Medical Institutions from 6 to 10

Gyeonggi Province is expanding the number of psychiatric emergency medical institutions within the province from 6 last year to 10 this year. Accordingly, the number of beds will increase from 34 beds last year to 42 beds this year.

Psychiatric emergency medical institutions are facilities that have established a 24-hour emergency admission system to respond to emergencies such as self-harm by psychiatric patients or harm to others. Psychiatric emergency patients admitted receive ▲ emergency treatment and care ▲ appropriate services according to psychiatric admission types ▲ and linkage to community mental health services after discharge.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

The hospitals newly designated as psychiatric emergency medical institutions this year include Bucheon Sarang Hospital, Ansan Seongeun Hospital, Gimpo Hannuri Hospital, and Goyang National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital.

Kim Byeong-man, Director of Mental Health at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "Psychiatric emergency admissions in Gyeonggi Province surged by a remarkable 75.9%, from 1,654 cases in 2022 to 2,909 cases in 2023," adding, "Although social issues related to psychiatric emergency patients have become prominent and the number of psychiatric emergency admissions has rapidly increased, there is a shortage of hospitals capable of 24-hour emergency admissions during weekends and nights, which led to the expansion of hospitals."

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