Commonground
Senior Moderator
6/15/15
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As of Monday afternoon, five additional cases were confirmed with two more deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 150 with 16 deaths. Of the new cases, a nurse was found to have been infected while performing CPR on a MERS-infected patient at Konyang University Hospital.
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SMG-SNU Boramae Hospital in the capital temporarily closed the facility for a half day and conducted disinfections measures.
It was found that the 137th confirmed patient, the emergency worker who transferred a number of MERS patients to the hospital, stayed in the emergency room for more than an hour earlier this month.
The hospital officials immediately isolated a dozen medical staff members who had come into contact with the emergency worker.
Public fears escalated after it was confirmed Sunday that the 137th patient continued to work as usual for nine days despite showing some symptoms.
Korea Cancer Center Hospital in northern Seoul also shut down after a Samsung Medical Center patient visited the facility.
Although the visitor was not a MERS-confirmed patient, KCCH temporarily closed as part of its preventive measures, the medical officials said, citing the large number of cancer patients with low immunity level.
The reopening date has not been decided, they said.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150615001002
Excerpts:
As of Monday afternoon, five additional cases were confirmed with two more deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 150 with 16 deaths. Of the new cases, a nurse was found to have been infected while performing CPR on a MERS-infected patient at Konyang University Hospital.
-snip-
SMG-SNU Boramae Hospital in the capital temporarily closed the facility for a half day and conducted disinfections measures.
It was found that the 137th confirmed patient, the emergency worker who transferred a number of MERS patients to the hospital, stayed in the emergency room for more than an hour earlier this month.
The hospital officials immediately isolated a dozen medical staff members who had come into contact with the emergency worker.
Public fears escalated after it was confirmed Sunday that the 137th patient continued to work as usual for nine days despite showing some symptoms.
Korea Cancer Center Hospital in northern Seoul also shut down after a Samsung Medical Center patient visited the facility.
Although the visitor was not a MERS-confirmed patient, KCCH temporarily closed as part of its preventive measures, the medical officials said, citing the large number of cancer patients with low immunity level.
The reopening date has not been decided, they said.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150615001002