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A directly-damaged clinic by MERS received KRW 32.44 million damages on average
It is observed that the MERS crisis has caused KRW 12 million to KRW 32 million damages per local clinic.
According to the survey result conducted on the total 40 clinics, 20 indirect and 20 direct damages due to MER...
“Transforming medical devices to health care apparatus cannot be accepted”
A bill to exclude medical devices, such as electrocardiogram devices, pneumatometers and ultrasonic simulators, from the Medical Device Regulation Act by categorizing them into the ‘wellness product’ has been pushed. ...
Sharp contrasts among MERS-related stocks within a month after the occurrence of the first MERS patient
Since the 21st of the last month, when the first MERS-diagnosed patient occurred, both joy and sorrow has been exchanged among MERS-related stocks in a month.
The turning point of MERS-related stocks was the 2nd of t...
The medical industry gave severe criticism towards the application of telemedicine
As the government allowed Samsung Medical Center, the starting place of the proliferation of MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), to temporarily use telemedicine, the healthcare industry has made a severe oppositio...
“A hospital exposed by MERS patients received KRW 200 million in four days”
Medical institutions that MERS patients occurred or passed through have received serious damages.
According to the damage situation collected by the MERS Control Center of the Korean Medical Association from data of ...
Will hardship of hospitals be passed on the management of distribution companies?
While management of medical institutions seems to encounter problems by the MERS crisis, a concern has been raised whether the management loss would be directly passed on pharmaceutical distribution companies. It is e...
Adding 5 more patients, the total 150 MERS-diagnosed patients and over 5 thousand isolated people
The Central MERS Crisis Management Center of the Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled that there were the total 150 MERS-diagnosed patients at 6am on the 15th. Among them, 120 people were being treated while 17 wer...
As patients stopped going to hospitals due to the MERS crisis, medium and small hospitals states “it is difficult to pay monthly salaries”
As the number of patients restraining themselves from going to hospitals increases due to the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS), local hospitals and clinics have received critical damages.
On the 13th,...
‘Swift actions’ to support and compensate medical personnel and institutions for MERS-related damages
A supporting measure has been suddenly raised for medical personnel and institutions putting the best effort to prevent the spread of MERS.
The opposing parties of the government held a gathering on the 7th to regula...
So-called ‘MERS clinics’ worry about “staff salaries and re-openings”
As of the 10th, the number of hospitals occurred or passed through by MERS patients was increased to 44 in the total 7 cities.
According to damage cases collected by the MERS Response Center of the Korean Medical Ass...
