By Goo Gyoun
On November 6th, 2009 doctors at Chung Ang university hospital seemed so tired and serious. Even though they have slept badly for a week due to increasing Swine flu patients, they did not show sour looks at all. The reason is to be sure to win the war on Swine flu.
Kim Ju-wan, an internist at the hospital, says, “ I am getting married very soon, but I am too busy to send invitation cards.” And, as soon as she received a call through her beeper, she left without even finishing dinner. The call was also about another Swine flu patient.
As the number of Swine flu patients has become around 10,000, medical workers are undergoing terrible hardships. Even before the consultation hours, at 8:30 a.m., they are busy preparing necessary supplies.
As the hospital opened, tens of people rushed into the emergency room. Some of them even had quarrels due to the crowdedness. Oh Jung-hi, 51, a manager at the customer center, says, “It is too hard to deal with the patients who ignore rules and stubbornly demand medicine” In contrast, some people complained about the medicine, Tamiflu, saying that they have suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
Finally, the crowded hospital became more or less quiet at 5 p.m. One of the doctors at the emergency department has warned that many patients are too obsessed with fear of Swine flu. He said, “ Some people just come to the hospital when they do not even have any minor symptoms. With hundreds of patients a day, doctors cannot concentrate on serious cases.” People will need to consider their symptoms carefully before going to a hospital.
Kim Ju-wan, an internist at the hospital, says, “ I am getting married very soon, but I am too busy to send invitation cards.” And, as soon as she received a call through her beeper, she left without even finishing dinner. The call was also about another Swine flu patient.
As the number of Swine flu patients has become around 10,000, medical workers are undergoing terrible hardships. Even before the consultation hours, at 8:30 a.m., they are busy preparing necessary supplies.
As the hospital opened, tens of people rushed into the emergency room. Some of them even had quarrels due to the crowdedness. Oh Jung-hi, 51, a manager at the customer center, says, “It is too hard to deal with the patients who ignore rules and stubbornly demand medicine” In contrast, some people complained about the medicine, Tamiflu, saying that they have suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.
Finally, the crowded hospital became more or less quiet at 5 p.m. One of the doctors at the emergency department has warned that many patients are too obsessed with fear of Swine flu. He said, “ Some people just come to the hospital when they do not even have any minor symptoms. With hundreds of patients a day, doctors cannot concentrate on serious cases.” People will need to consider their symptoms carefully before going to a hospital.
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I can't really blame these people for being worried, both the media and government have sent the message that H1N1 is a horrific disease, not to mention the fact that poor actor's son died. That just fanned the flames.
ReplyDeleteIs this something that you are worried about?
Dan