Paju-si Operates Emergency Medical Management Situation Room During Chuseok Holiday

Minimizing Medical Gaps and Strengthening Emergency Medical Cooperation
Four Emergency Medical Institutions Including Gyeonggi-do Medical Center Paju Hospital Participate

On the 4th, a regional emergency medical council meeting was held with officials from four emergency medical institutions within the jurisdiction?Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Paju Hospital, Mediin Hospital, Mucheokjoeun Hospital, and Munsan Central Hospital?along with representatives from Paju Fire Station and the Paju Medical Association.

Gyeonggi Paju City announced on the 9th that it will operate an emergency medical management situation room during the Chuseok holiday period from the 14th to the 18th to minimize medical gaps and strengthen emergency medical cooperation.

On the 4th, the city held a regional emergency medical council meeting attended by representatives from four emergency medical institutions within the jurisdiction?Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Paju Hospital, Mediin Hospital, Mucheok Joeun Hospital, and Munsan Central Hospital?along with Paju Fire Station and the Paju Medical Association, which are part of the Paju Emergency Medical Council.

At the meeting, they explored measures to prevent overcrowding at emergency medical institutions during the Chuseok holiday to ensure appropriate treatment for emergency patients and discussed cooperative response plans among related organizations in case of emergency patient occurrences during the holiday.

The Paju Medical Association encouraged participation from medical institutions open during the holiday, and emergency medical institutions agreed to maintain a 24-hour emergency treatment system to prepare for emergencies. The Paju Fire Station committed to actively cooperating in the transportation of emergency patients.

Additionally, an "Emergency Medical Management Situation Room," led by the Deputy Mayor of Paju City, will be established and operated to activate the emergency treatment system. The "Emergency Medical Management Situation Room" will conduct inspections of the local emergency medical system, provide information on open medical institutions and pharmacies, operate COVID-19 fever clinics, and offer guidance on cooperating hospitals.

During the holiday period, 115 local hospitals and clinics and 132 pharmacies will be open. Operation status can be checked on the Paju City website, the emergency medical portal Ezen, and the app (Emergency Medical Information Service). Information is also available through the Ministry of Health and Welfare call center, Gyeonggi Province call center, 119 Ambulance Situation Management Center, and Paju Health Center.

The city urged patients with mild symptoms to use nearby neighborhood hospitals and clinics (open medical institutions).

Lee Hansang, head of the Paju Health Center and chairman of the Paju Emergency Medical Council, said, “We will actively cooperate with medical institutions and the fire station to ensure that the local medical system operates normally during the Chuseok holiday. By distributing patients according to severity, we will prevent operational restrictions caused by overload at emergency medical institutions and establish a cooperative system with local hospitals and related organizations to alleviate citizens’ concerns about medical gaps during the Chuseok holiday.”

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