2023-05-06 15:00:48
A 17-year-old boy in South Korea died in an ambulance following he fell from a building and was refused treatment by eight hospitals. (Schematic / Pexels)
Medical tragedy in Daegu, South Korea. A 17-year-old boy still had signs of life following falling from a building and was taken away by an ambulance. Unexpectedly, eight hospitals later refused to admit him, causing the boy to die in the ambulance due to delay in treatment.After the South Korean government investigated, it announced on the 4th that four of the hospitalsAdministrative sanction, suspension of subsidy。
According to Yonhap News Agency, following the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare presented a joint investigation report and expert meeting with the Fire Department and the Daegu City Hall, it imposed “rejection of patients without justified reasons” once morest Daegu Fatima Hospital, Kyungpook University Hospital, Four hospitals, including Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center and Daegu Catholic University Hospital, will be subject to administrative sanctions and will suspend the payment of subsidy until they fulfill the correction order. In addition, Fatima Hospital and Kyungpook National University Hospital have not evaluated juveniles in accordance with regulations. Symptoms are subject to additional fines.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea stated that the teenager who fell from the 4th floor in March suffered injuries to his head and ankles following falling from the building. However, when he was sent to Fatima Hospital, he was asked to be transferred to another hospital on the grounds that he had to go through a mental health diagnosis and treatment first. When the emergency personnel called once more, they refused because it was difficult to provide mental health diagnosis and treatment. Kyungpook National University Hospital replied that the teenager had a severe trauma and had to be sent to the trauma center for treatment. However, the trauma center said that there were no spare beds and was treating other patients reject.
According to relevant laws and regulations in South Korea, when emergency patients arrive at the hospital, the hospital must judge whether they are moderately or severely ill according to their main symptoms, consciousness, and pain level. 1 hospital bed, other traumatic injuries are mild. The rest of the hospitals rejected the admission on the grounds that other trauma patients were undergoing surgery and the medical team was attending seminars, etc., which eventually resulted in the death of the teenager.
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