Fire Department’s Media Response Guidelines: “We will crack down on people so that the truth is known”
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Jeong Byeong-hyeok = On the 11th, medical staff are moving a patient at a university hospital in Seoul.
The government will operate a two-week ‘Chuseok Holiday Emergency Response Week’ from the 11th to the 25th to prepare for the situation where emergency room patients flock during the Chuseok holiday. Specifically, in order to enhance the response capacity for severe and emergency patients, in addition to the 44 regional emergency medical centers, about 15 out of 136 local emergency medical centers with treatment capacity will be designated as base regional emergency medical centers, and severe and emergency patients corresponding to the Korean Acute Care Severity Assessment System (KTAS) 1 to 2 will be accepted first. KTAS 1 to 2 are situations that require rapid treatment as life or limbs are in danger, and include cardiac arrest, severe trauma, dyspnea, severe chest pain, abdominal pain, headache, hemoptysis, and loss of consciousness. 2024.09.11. (email protected)
(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Ji-eun Kim = On the 15th, the Democratic Party of Korea criticized the report that the National Fire Agency required frontline firefighters to report any contact with the media, asking, “Will the medical crisis be hidden by censoring firefighters’ mouths?”
In a written briefing that day, Senior Spokesperson Cho Seung-rae claimed, “The Yoon Seok-yeol government is trying to silence the mouths of firefighters who are calling for measures to address emergency room trafficking,” and “They are trying to silence the mouths of firefighters who are struggling on the front lines of the medical crisis because they are worried that they might reveal the truth about emergency room trafficking.”
He then asked, “The Prime Minister is furious about the series of hit-and-run deaths in emergency rooms, calling it ‘fake news’. Are you now trying to hide the reality by blocking out voices from the field?”
Spokesperson Cho said, “The public is anxious about getting hurt or sick during the holiday, but the government seems worried about the truth being revealed,” adding, “I hope that the Yoon Seok-yeol government will stop trying to cover the sky with its palm and instead, although it is late, exercise a sense of responsibility and step up to resolve the medical crisis.”
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