Busan-Gyeongnam General Hospitals All Reject
It was recently revealed that a woman in her 30s who was transported to a general hospital emergency room during the recent Chuseok holiday died after no higher-level hospital capable of admitting the patient could be found.
According to the Busan Fire and Disaster Headquarters on the 20th, at around 2:15 a.m. on the 17th, a report was received by 119 that a woman in her 30s, Ms. A, was experiencing body convulsions and vomiting at a residence in Yeongdo-gu, Busan.
Firefighters who responded to the call provided emergency treatment to Ms. A at the scene. Subsequently, at around 3:04 a.m., she was transported to the emergency room of Haedong Hospital, a nearby secondary hospital. The medical staff at this hospital performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Ms. A, who was in cardiac arrest upon arrival. They also inquired several times with higher-level general hospitals in Busan and Gyeongnam to see if Ms. A could be admitted, but all refused.
During this process, it is known that Ms. A’s condition fluctuated between cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Ultimately, Ms. A was not transferred to a university hospital and passed away approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes after arriving at the emergency room, around 6:40 a.m. that day.
Meanwhile, the government emphasized that there were no major disruptions to emergency medical services during the Chuseok holiday.
On the morning of the 20th, Park Min-su, the 1st General Coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Vice Minister of Health and Welfare), presided over a Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters meeting at the Government Seoul Office during the doctors’ collective action, stating, "Although there were many concerns and worries about the use of emergency medical services during the Chuseok holiday period, fortunately, no major accidents or confusion threatening the lives of the people occurred."
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