A patient in his 70s who was in an emergency situation due to a medical equipment caught in an airway during an implant procedure in Busan was transferred to Jeju Island because he could not find a hospital.
According to Jeju National University Hospital on the 14th, A, in his 70s, was undergoing implant procedures in Busan around 4 p.m. on the 8th when an implant equipment screw driver went through the airway and got caught in the bronchial tubes.119 paramedics dispatched after receiving a report
visited a hospital where bronchoscopy was possible to remove foreign substances, but it entered the night time zone on Friday and there was no place in the nearby inland area where the procedure could be performed.
Eventually, the paramedics decided to transfer A to Jeju National University Hospital about 300 kilometers away.
A arrived at Jeju National University Hospital at around 11:42 p.m. on the same day by 119 helicopters.
The hospital immediately performed bronchoscopy and safely removed the screw driver, and A was discharged from the hospital on the 12th without complications and returned to Busan, where he was based.
An official at Jeju National University Hospital said, "With the prolonged medical vacuum, the situation has become a reality that emergency patients are being transferred from other regions to Jeju Island."
Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team
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