Kim Dong-yeon Visits Suwon Hospital on the 24th to Inspect Medical Situations and More

Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon will visit Suwon Hospital under the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center, which has extended weekday consultation hours from the 23rd due to collective action by doctors.

Gyeonggi Province announced that Governor Kim Dong-yeon plans to visit Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital around 4:30 PM on the 24th to encourage on-site personnel and check the medical situation.

Earlier, on the 23rd, following the government's upgrade of the health medical disaster crisis alert from 'caution' to 'severe,' Gyeonggi Province officially activated emergency medical measures, maintaining a 24-hour medical service system at 73 emergency medical institutions and 21 emergency medical facilities.

Accordingly, the six hospitals affiliated with the Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center have extended consultation hours until 8 PM on weekdays and will gradually promote weekend and holiday consultations.

Additionally, an emergency communication network has been established with city and county health centers, fire departments, emergency medical institutions, and the police, and the status of emergency medical institutions is being monitored to facilitate the distribution and transfer of emergency patients.

Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province

Starting from the 24th, Gyeonggi Province will provide information on 748 night and holiday medical clinics and hospitals in the province through the provincial government website (www.gg.go.kr), call center (031-120), and the 119 ambulance situation management center.

Gyeonggi Province also provides real-time information on emergency medical institutions equipped with emergency rooms through the provincial government website, the emergency medical portal (www.e-gen.or.kr), and the mobile app ‘Emergency Medical Information Service (e-gen).’

Meanwhile, as of the 22nd, among 40 resident training hospitals in the province, 1,568 residents from 33 hospitals have submitted resignation letters. This accounts for 67.6% of the total 2,321 residents in the Gyeonggi area.