Gyeonggi Province: "Urgent need for emergency medical support team with critical care medical professionals"

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Gyeonggi Province, which is recruiting an emergency medical support team to respond to the spread of COVID-19, announced that the assistance of medical professionals with critical care treatment experience is urgently needed.

Lee Hee-young, co-director of the Gyeonggi Province COVID-19 Emergency Response Task Force, held a regular briefing on the 2nd and said, "The help of respiratory specialists and other doctors with mechanical ventilator treatment experience and nurses with intensive care unit work experience is critically needed," and appealed, "We specially request those who fall into this category to contact us as soon as possible."
The province is also prioritizing recruitment of nurses who can work continuously for at least one month at designated infectious disease hospitals and residential treatment centers along with these medical professionals with critical care experience.
As of 1 p.m. on the 1st, a total of 831 medical personnel volunteered for the Gyeonggi Province emergency medical support team recruitment. Among the medical personnel, 27 nurses have already been deployed: 9 to the home care system operations team, 3 to the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Area 2 residential treatment center, and 15 to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Anseong Hospital. Plans call for additional deployment this week of 15 to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Anseong Hospital, 10 to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Pocheon Hospital, 10 to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Icheon Hospital, and 6 to Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Paju Hospital, for a total of 41 additional personnel.

Meanwhile, as of 0 a.m. on the 2nd, the number of confirmed cases in Gyeonggi Province increased by 87 compared to 0 a.m. the previous day, reaching a total of 3,414 cases, with confirmed cases occurring in all 22 cities and counties in the province.
Looking at the transmission routes of new confirmed cases, there are 4 cases related to a music academy in Siheung, 3 cases related to Nanumsae-won volunteer group in Gwangmyeong, 3 cases related to Ilisam Nursing Home in Goyang, 3 cases related to Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, and 22 cases (25.3%) with unknown transmission routes. Elderly people aged 60 and older account for 35 cases, representing 40.2% of new confirmed cases.
Four additional confirmed cases related to the music academy in Siheung have occurred, bringing the total number of related confirmed cases to 20. On August 28th, a husband who was tested after his wife was confirmed to be positive in Siheung was confirmed on the 29th, and subsequently the academy director, academy students, and parents have been additionally confirmed. Among the confirmed cases, a visit history to Mokgam Elementary School was confirmed, and 215 students and staff members at the school were tested, all receiving negative results. Additionally, a total of 34 people including 12 related to the music academy who had contact with confirmed cases and 22 related to a children's community center are under self-quarantine and being monitored.
Regarding the Nanumsae-won volunteer group in Gwangmyeong, a cumulative total of 16 confirmed cases have occurred since the first confirmed case on August 27th. Some members of this volunteer group visited the residence of an acquaintance in Daebudo, Ansan on the 23rd of last month, with the first confirmed case occurring on the 27th, and 7 additional volunteer members and family members being confirmed. Subsequently, 8 employees and family members of Namdo Banchan in Soha-dong, Gwangmyeong, where a confirmed case is working, received additional confirmed diagnoses.
At Ilisam Nursing Home in Goyang, following the initial confirmation of a Seoul resident working as a nursing caregiver at the nursing home and a member of Youngdeungpo-gu Kwon Neung Church, full testing was conducted on 79 residents and staff. So far, 13 residents and 1 nursing caregiver, totaling 14 people, have been confirmed.
A confirmed case has also occurred at Ilsan Hyundai Nursing Hospital in Goyang. A Goyang resident was confirmed positive on the 1st, and as a dialysis patient, it was confirmed that they used the outpatient dialysis unit at Ilsan Hyundai Nursing Hospital on August 28th and 31st. Tests are being conducted on 21 people including dialysis unit users and nurses.

Additionally, regarding Sarang Jeil Church, 3 additional contacts have been confirmed positive, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 340 total, and regarding the Gwanghwamun rally, 1 additional contact of an attending confirmed case has been confirmed positive, bringing cumulative confirmed cases to 80 total.
Among 13,644 people subject to testing related to the Gwanghwamun rally, tests were conducted on 11,311 people, and 80 tested positive, showing a positive rate of approximately 1%. 10,722 people tested negative, and 509 people are awaiting results.

As of 0 a.m. on the 2nd, Gyeonggi Province has secured 598 patient treatment beds at a total of 15 hospitals, and currently 506 beds (84.6%) are in use.
At a total of 4 residential treatment centers including Gyeonggi Metropolitan Area 2 and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th residential treatment centers, 536 people are staying as of 6 p.m. on the 1st, showing a 49% utilization rate, with a remaining capacity of 557 people.