4 Civilians Treated at Military Hospital

Including Reserve Soldiers and Military Families

As of 8 a.m. on the second day of opening the military hospital emergency rooms on the 21st, it was confirmed that four civilians received treatment at the Armed Forces hospitals.

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According to the Ministry of National Defense on that day, two civilians were treated at the Gyeonggi Seongnam Armed Forces Capital Hospital, one reservist at the Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital, and one military family member at the Armed Forces Pocheon Hospital. An 84-year-old man admitted to the Capital Hospital had a fractured hip joint and initially sought admission at a civilian university hospital, but when hospitalization was difficult, he came to the military hospital.

The Ministry of National Defense opened the emergency rooms of 12 military hospitals to civilians starting the previous day in preparation for collective actions by doctors, including residents, opposing the expansion of medical school quotas. The military hospitals with open emergency rooms include the Armed Forces Gangneung Hospital, Armed Forces Chuncheon Hospital, Armed Forces Hongcheon Hospital, Armed Forces Goyang Hospital, Armed Forces Yangju Hospital, Armed Forces Pocheon Hospital, Armed Forces Seoul District Hospital, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Armed Forces Daejeon Hospital under the Armed Forces Medical Command; the Navy-affiliated Naval Maritime Medical Center and Naval Pohang Hospital in Changwon, Gyeongnam; and the Air Force-affiliated Air Force Aerospace Medical Center in Cheongju, Chungbuk.

On the same day, Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik plans to visit the Armed Forces Yangju Hospital to inspect the military emergency medical system on site and encourage the medical staff.