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Intentional drug poisonings rise among young people over last decade, KDCA data shows

Seven in 10 patients intentionally ingested drugs, pesticides or gas, with the share of those in their teens and 20s more than doubling since 2015.

2026.8.26

Rice cakes displayed at a stall at a traditional market in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Feb. 11, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday [NEWS1]

Lunar New Year brings doubling of burn, choking patients and car accidents

Over the Lunar New Year break, the number of patients treated for airway obstruction from choking and burns nearly double compared with ordinary periods, along with car accidents while traveling nationwide, according to latest government data.

2026.2.13

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A man in his 60s sets fire in an emergency room in Busan in June 2022. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Assault, insults now grounds to refuse emergency room care in new guidelines

Medical personnel can now refuse to provide services to patients or guardians who insult or assault staff in an emergency room under new guidelines recently issued by the government.

2024.9.19

A patient is transported to an emergency medical center in Seoul on Friday. [YONHAP]

All but two emergency medical facilities to operate over Chuseok

The Health Ministry said that 407 of 409 emergency medical facilities will operate as usual over the holiday, advising patients with light symptoms to seek treatment at smaller clinics.

2024.9.13

Medical staff carry an urgent patient on a bed at an entrance to an emergency room at Ajou University Hospital in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

As burned-out senior doctors resign, emergency rooms feel the pinch

The recent resignation of senior doctors has crippled emergency rooms nationwide even further, aggravating the medical vacuum that has persisted since the country's junior doctors’ began their walkout in February.

2024.9.4

Paramedics transport a patient to the emergency room of a major hospital in Seoul. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Authorities worry non-critical cases burden emergency rooms

The medical community has asked patients with minor injuries not to seek emergency room care, as this can lead to a shortage of beds for those in urgent need of medical attention.

2023.10.2

A Covid-19 hospital bed in the National Medical Center, central Seoul [YONHAP]

Hospitals letting down their Covid-19 guard

Patients coming into hospital emergency rooms will no longer be required to take a Covid-19 test before receiving treatment, one more step toward pre-pandemic normalcy.

2022.10.12

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Former Busan Mayor Oh Keo-don is being taken to an emergency room at a hospital in Busan on Tuesday. Oh complained of feeling something pressing on his chest while waiting in a police lock-up for a court’s decision

2020.6.2