Gyeonggi University's 10th Community Treatment Center Concludes Operation on the 29th...Strengthening Public-Private Collaboration

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province will fully launch the ‘Gyeonggi Province COVID-19 Clinical Network Council’ this year to facilitate collaboration with private medical institutions.

Lim Seung-gwan, Head of Gyeonggi Province COVID-19 Emergency Response, held a regular press conference on the 28th and stated, “Through the assistance of tertiary hospitals and numerous private medical institutions in the province during the third wave of the pandemic, we were able to secure hospital beds and medical personnel. For effective COVID-19 response, organic collaboration between public and private sectors is essential,” he said.

The Council is composed of Gyeonggi Province officials, doctors from 28 COVID-19 treatment hospitals in the province, and infectious disease experts. At the first meeting held on the 9th, participants shared information on COVID-19 occurrence and response status in the province, frontline hospital responses to confirmed cases, and issues with the bed allocation system.

Director Lim said, “Gyeonggi Province has relatively limited medical resources and must pursue maximum efficiency. Therefore, regional governance and healthcare facility coordination are more important than ever.” He added, “We will maintain a good public-private collaborative governance structure and work to infuse expertise and on-site practicality into provincial policies.”

As of 0:00 on the 28th, the number of confirmed cases in Gyeonggi Province increased by 118 compared to the previous day, reaching a total of 19,408. Confirmed cases occurred in 23 cities and counties in the province.

Regarding the Daejeon IM Mission Association, as of 17:00 on the 27th, a total of 11 facilities in the province have been identified. The province has issued testing orders for all 11 facilities, is conducting epidemiological investigations at 2 locations, and 1 location is suspended from operation. A total of 229 test subjects have been identified so far, with testing completed for 221 of them, and 2 confirmed cases.

As of 20:00 on the 27th, the total number of secured beds in medical institutions in the province, combining general and severe patient beds, is 1,662 (designated beds by Central Disaster Management Headquarters + designated beds by Gyeonggi Province). Currently, the bed occupancy rate is 50.4% with 838 beds in operation. A total of 198 beds for severe patient treatment have been secured, with 88 in use, showing a current occupancy rate of 44.4%.

Meanwhile, the 10th Community Treatment Center located at Gyeonggi University will conclude operations on the 29th.

As of the 27th, the occupancy rate of 9 community treatment centers is 20.0%. Even excluding the 10th Community Treatment Center, the occupancy rate is 38.9%, which is sufficiently manageable given the current trend of patient occurrence.

Since opening on December 17 of last year, the Gyeonggi University Community Treatment Center operated for approximately 6 weeks, resolving home quarantine issues and performing a complementary role during the period when hospital beds were being secured.

As of 18:00 on the 27th, 1,954 people were admitted and 1,658 were discharged, showing a cure rate of 84.9%, with 296 transfers to hospitals and other centers.