A paramedic and ambulance is seen outdoors a hospital in Seoul, Sept. 3. Yonhap
The variety of requests from emergency rescue staff to search out hospitals for sufferers has greater than doubled this yr in comparison with final yr, amid extended emergency room disruptions nationwide, the hearth company stated Wednesday.
119 emergency management facilities nationwide chosen hospitals to accommodate emergency sufferers on 1,197 events from February to Aug. 25, marking a 131 % improve from the identical interval final yr, in response to the Nationwide Fireplace Company.
119 emergency management facilities help in assessing the seriousness of sufferers’ situation and finding hospitals upon requests from rescue staff affiliated with the nation’s 119 emergency service.
Beforehand, rescue staff principally discovered hospitals on their very own, however they’re more and more turning to those facilities for help amid rising emergency room disruptions nationwide attributable to docs protesting the federal government’s medical reform.
Throughout the identical interval final yr, hospital choice accounted for only one.8 % of the 119 emergency management facilities’ workload, however the ratio jumped to 4.1 % this yr.
In line with a separate hearth company report submitted to Individuals Energy Celebration Rep. Jung Sung-kook, rescue staff needed to switch the identical affected person 4 occasions to discover a hospital prepared to confess them on 17 events in the course of the first half of this yr.
It was lately reported {that a} 28-month-old lady remained unconscious for a month after being denied admission by 11 emergency rooms. (Yonhap)
