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‘Beds Disruption’ 0 beds for severely ill patients in Chungbuk, double digits of deaths for 5 consecutive days

New and fatalities of patients with severe COVID-19.

– With the spread of new corona19 confirmed cases, the’bedroom crisis’ is realizing.

According to the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters on the 19th, only 48 out of 573 severely ill patients can be admitted as of the previous day, with only 8.4% of them. In terms of the number of beds alone, the number of beds increased by 3 more than the previous day (45), but considering the increasing trend of confirmed cases, it is true that there is not enough room for beds.

As of this day, there are 13 beds available for immediate treatment of severely ill patients, including 8 in Seoul, 4 in Gyeonggi and 1 in Incheon. With the government and local governments focusing on the expansion of beds, the number of beds available for use increased by nine from the previous day (four), but it is only a single digit by region, which is not enough. to be. In particular, in Chungbuk, where 103 confirmed cases were poured out as of 0 o’clock on this day, there is no immediate bed to treat critically ill patients. Daejeon, Jeonbuk, and Jeonnam also lack hospital beds.

There are currently only 12 treatment beds for’quasi-critical patients’ that are likely to improve or worsen in severe stages. In this situation, the number of patients with severe gastric disorders is changing the most daily records without decreasing. The number of patients with severe gastric disorders increased rapidly after crossing the 100 mark on the 2nd (101) and soared to 205 on the 15th. Since then, the situation is getting worse, from 226 people → 242 people → 246 people → 275 people.

As reflecting this, the deaths who died while undergoing Corona 19 treatment or confirmed after death are also recording double digits for five consecutive days (13 → 12 → 22 → 11 → 14) from the 15th to this day. Inside and outside the medical community, there are observations mixed with concerns about whether the’bedroom disruption’ caused by this third pandemic has begun.

According to the data on’Corona 19 quarantine hospital admissions and deaths while waiting for all’ data distributed the day before by the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon), people were waiting for quarantine beds at home or waiting for all quarantine beds at a nursing hospital as of 0 o’clock the previous day. There were a total of 8 patients who died. Excluding the two who died during the’first pandemic’ in Daegu and Gyeongbuk in February and March of this year, six people were counted as dead this month.

Reporter Kim Doo-yong [email protected]



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