Yangsan City Establishes Emergency Response System for Chuseok Holiday

Three Emergency Rooms Operate 24 Hours

Designated Hospitals, Clinics, and Pharmacies Open

Yangsan City, Gyeongnam, will establish and operate an emergency response system during the holiday period, as concerns are growing over the emergency medical system facing staff shortages ahead of Chuseok, when the number of emergency room patients surges.

Yangsan City Hall.

During the holiday, the public health center will operate an emergency medical situation room to manage emergencies, and the emergency rooms at three hospitals?Yangsan Pusan National University Hospital, Bethesda Gospel Hospital, and Bonbareun Hospital?will be operating 24 hours a day.

To prevent overcrowding of emergency rooms with mild cases, the city plans to designate and support non-emergency medical institutions such as clinics and pharmacies as on-duty medical institutions and pharmacies. In addition, Yangsan City Health Center, Ungsang Health Branch, and Wondong Health Branch will each participate in emergency medical services for one day on September 16 and 17.

Furthermore, to ensure a prompt response in case of disasters, the "Yangsan City Health Center Rapid Response Team" has been formed. A comprehensive situation room will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the holiday period, and from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. the following day, the system will switch to remote work to handle emergency situations.

Open clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies can be checked in real time through the online emergency medical portal "E-Gen," and the status is also posted on the city hall and health center websites. Citizens who have difficulty using the internet can receive guidance by phone through the 129 Health and Welfare Call Center or the 119 Emergency Situation Management Center. Posters with information on on-duty medical institutions and pharmacies will also be displayed at the entrances of clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies.

Ahn Gapsook, Director of the Health Center, said, "To prevent the concentration of emergency patients at university hospitals during the Chuseok holiday, we have designated several on-duty medical institutions and pharmacies in addition to emergency rooms," and urged, "Please check which medical institutions and pharmacies are open in advance through the 'E-Gen' emergency medical portal on your mobile phone or the internet before visiting."

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