Infant diagnosed with coronavirus dies while receiving treatment at home

Corona 19 confirmed patient transported to hospital. Photos are not related to the content of the article. /Kyungin Daily DB

Another infant who tested positive for COVID-19 in Suwon City died. He was a four-month-old child. In Suwon City, a 7-month-old infant (February 22, page 7 report=[뉴스분석] Suwon infant confirmed dead… The need for alternatives to the medical system) lost his life.

As the government reorganized the quarantine system centered on high-risk groups in preparation for the Omicron pandemic, infants are dying one following another during home treatment. There are also voices that the current at-home treatment system should be revised for confirmed infants with particularly weak immunity.

4-month-old baby dies in Suwon
Opinion on changing the classification of the centralized management group
“I need to see a doctor at least once.”

According to the fire department on the 23rd, a 119 report was received at 1:52 pm on the 22nd, saying, “A 4-month-old infant who was confirmed with Corona 19 is not breathing.” It is said that the child was diagnosed with Corona 19 and was being treated at home with his parents at his home in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon-si.

Paramedics arriving at the scene quickly transported the infant who was receiving CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to the nearby Ajou University Hospital. The infant was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest and was confirmed to have died.

Earlier, on the 18th, a 7-month-old infant who was confirmed with Corona 19 and stayed at his home in Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, died at a hospital in Ansan-si, 19 km from his home.

Although it is an urgent situation causing cardiac arrest, 11 hospitals in Yongin, Hwaseong, Anyang, Gunpo, and Seongnam, including Suwon city hospital, refused to accept the patient, so it was not until 38 minutes following the paramedics arrived at the scene that the child was transferred to Korea University Ansan Hospital. has died

Contrary to what is known to have a low fatality rate, there is an opinion that raises a problem with the current at-home treatment system that classifies infant patients into general management groups as infants diagnosed with COVID-19 die every four days.

Ki-seok Ki-seok, a professor of respiratory medicine at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, said, “Infants in particular need to see a doctor at least once. It is not in the intensive care group, but it is correct to put it in the intensive management group.”

/ Reporter Lee Jae-hyun [email protected]