Gyeonggi Province has taken measures to prepare emergency medical response plans to minimize potential medical service gaps amid conflicts between the government and the medical community over the expansion of medical school quotas.
Following the Ministry of Health and Welfare's issuance of a 'caution' alert for a health and medical disaster crisis on the 6th, Gyeonggi Province has been operating an emergency medical response situation room since the 7th.
Currently, Gyeonggi Province is running the emergency medical response situation room and has established a hotline for rapid response in case of emergencies. It is also monitoring the medical community's situation and tracking the status of emergency medical institutions.
In the event of collective action by the medical community, Gyeonggi Province plans to minimize medical service gaps by expanding the operation of public medical institutions, strengthening the operation of emergency rooms and intensive care units in public hospitals, extending weekday clinic hours, and implementing nighttime medical services as part of the emergency medical system.
Additionally, the province will establish an emergency medical cooperation system by utilizing emergency rooms and intensive care units in private medical institutions to provide necessary medical services to residents, and will continuously provide information through the provincial and city/county websites.
Yoo Kwon-su, Director of the Health and Medical Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will thoroughly prepare for collective action by the medical community and make every effort to minimize medical service gaps that directly affect the health and safety of Gyeonggi residents."
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has instructed each city and province to establish emergency medical response plans, inspect 24-hour emergency room operation systems, pre-check on-duty status at emergency medical institutions within their jurisdiction, expand weekday services at public medical institutions, and prepare emergency medical plans for weekends and holidays at each institution.
They also urged the establishment of patient transfer and referral systems to other hospitals in case of collective action by the medical community, prevention of essential medical service gaps, measures against institutions failing to comply with emergency medical duties, and implementation of emergency medical response plans at public medical institutions.
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