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(1)In the middle of Seoul, a 5-year-old boy in the emergency room dies
(2)E-Daily Original Article Sent 2023-05-170913
(3)Comments 27
(4)Reporter Park Ji-hye of E-Daily, a 5-year-old child who was in critical condition, such as a fever rising to 40 degrees Celsius during the Children’s Day holiday, died after failing to visit the emergency room
(5)According to SBS on the 16th, a child suffering from high fever and cough in Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, was in an ambulance in his mother’s arms and headed to a nearby university hospital, but was denied hospitalization because he had no bed
(6)Four places, including this hospital, said they had no beds or could not be treated, and returned home the next morning after being diagnosed with acute obstructive laryngitis at the fifth hospital on the condition that they would only receive treatment without hospitalization
(7)However, the child continued to have difficulty breathing and called the emergency room he went to the day before, but the answer came back that hospitalization was difficult
(8)The child eventually collapsed in the bathroom while preparing to go out for medical treatment and died about 40 minutes after arriving in a nearby emergency room in an ambulance
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(1)Child Emergency Patient Death
(2)Photo = SBS News 8 Broadcast Capture
(3)The hospital, which first treated the child, confirmed that there were no X-ray problems, and immediately performed respiratory spray treatment “We confirmed that it was stable, prescribed medicine, and discharged,” he said, explaining that the pediatrician on duty treated it normally on the same day
(4)However, he explained that it was the illusion of some employees that they could not be hospitalized
(5)The hospital also said that the number of pediatricians in question has recently decreased from 12 to 3, and that there are times when the medical staff has been burned out and the operation has to operate a 24-hour pediatric emergency room
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(1)Other hospitals that didn’t receive children either had a lot of waiting patients or had children who had emergency patients at night
(2)It is said that he explained that he is not being treated well
(3)The father of the child said, “How can such a ridiculous thing happen in the middle of Seoul, Korea?” and added, “It is true that medical treatment is rejected just because there is no hospital room.”
(4)The recent shortage of children and adolescents’ majors has led to this tragedy
(5)The number of applicants for pediatrics majors nationwide this year was 33, and the number of applicants from three digits has decreased to three-year frontal digits, and there are concerns that it will fall to a single digit next year
(6)As even pediatricians who are currently open are changing their medical subjects, some areas are experiencing an open run of pediatrics that attracts patients even before the hospital opens
(7)Earlier in March this year, the Korean Youth Medical Association declared collective closure, complaining of a drop in income and low basic fees due to a drop in the birth rate
(8)The government has announced plans to raise hospitalization fees for neonatal and pediatric intensive care units and raise additional fees for hospitalized pediatric patients, but pediatricians argue that drastic measures such as a sharp increase in medical expenses are needed
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