Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, who was attacked by an unidentified man in Busan, arrived via helicopter at Nodeul Island in Dongjak-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 2nd and is being transferred to Seoul National University Hospital. /News 1
Emergency medical helicopters are generally used only when a patient’s life is at stake. This is because the use of helicopters costs millions to tens of millions of won in taxes.
Controversy continues over the ‘helicopter transfer’ of Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was attacked in Busan on the 2nd, to Seoul National University Hospital. Representative Lee underwent blood vessel suturing surgery at Seoul National University Hospital five hours after the attack. Doctors say that if his life depended on the minute, he would have had to undergo suture surgery at Pusan National University Hospital. However, a fire official who was on board the helicopter with CEO Lee said on the 3rd, “No emergency measures, such as a respirator, were administered (on the helicopter).” This means that it is not a very critical situation.
Seong-gwan Yang, head of the Department of Family Medicine at Uijeongbu Paik Hospital, said in a phone call with our newspaper that day, “Isn’t it impossible for an ordinary person to be transported by helicopter even though it is not a first-time emergency?” and “Even though Pusan National University Hospital is the top hospital in Korea, Representative Lee (the regional trauma center is also the best).” “I went to Seoul National University Hospital,” he said. He continued, “If non-emergency patients also start taking helicopters, problems may arise in the existing emergency medical system.” Yeo Han-sol, head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Sokcho Medical Center, also posted on Facebook on the same day, “Is there any problem with using the 119 helicopter if a patient needs to be transferred for medical reasons? “Will ordinary citizens be able to use 119 helicopters like this in the future?”
Regarding Representative Lee’s helicopter transfer, an official at Pusan National University Hospital said on this day, “A Democratic Party official at the time first said he would go to Seoul National University Hospital.” An official from the Busan Fire Department said, “Pusan National University Hospital requested helicopter transportation for CEO Lee, and Seoul National University Hospital requested the National Fire Agency to transport him by helicopter.” He added, “After discussions between the Busan Fire Department and the National Fire Agency, the Busan headquarters ultimately agreed to transport Representative Lee by helicopter.” “I decided,” he said. This means that the Democratic Party first requested that Representative Lee be transported by helicopter, which was accepted by Pusan National University Hospital and Seoul National University Hospital, and that the Busan Fire Department Headquarters made the final decision.
Controversy over distrust in local medical care is also rising. A professor of emergency medicine in Busan said on this day, “Even the opposition party leader has shown that he does not trust local medical care,” and added, “Since influential politicians are like this, local patients are flocking to the ‘Big 5’ (five large hospitals) in Seoul and local medical care is ruined.” “You lose,” he said. The number of non-metropolitan patients treated at five major hospitals in Seoul in 2022 is 713,284, an increase of 42.5% from 500,425 in 2013. When he was a presidential candidate, CEO Lee said, “Even in local areas, there are national university hospitals with excellent medical staff and research capabilities.”
2024-01-03 18:59:00
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