질병관리청(청장 정은경)이 ‘경북권 감염병전문병원 구축사업’ 공모 결과 칠곡경북대학교병원이 선정됐다고 23일 밝혔다.

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권역 감염병 전문병원은 감염병 환자 발생 시 집중격리와 치료를 도맡는 전문 의료기관으로 권역 내 중증환자 집중치료, 시·도간 환자 의뢰· 회송· 체계 등을 관리하고 감염병 환자 진단·치료·검사 및 권역 내 공공·민간 감염병 전문인력 교육·훈련 등을 담당한다.

앞서 질병관리청은 지난 3월 31일부터 5월 27일까지 경북권 (대구광역시, 경상북도) 소재 종합병원 이상 의료기관을 대상으로 감염병 전문병원을 공모했으며 이후 의료·간호·건축분야 전문가 등 15명으로 구성된 선정 평가위원회에서 서면·발표·현장 평가를 해 종합점수가 높은 의료기관을 선정했다.

칠곡경북대학교병원은  코로나19 등 감염병 진료 실적 및 감염병전문병원 운영방안, 건축부지 적합성 등 대부분의 평가 분야에서 높은 점수를 받아 경북권 감염병전문병원으로 선정되었다. 

질병관리청 정은경 청장은 “이번 경북권 감염병전문병원 선정으로 대구·경북지역 감염병 대응에 큰 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대하며 기존 3개소 권역 감염병전문병원들과 함께 경북권 감염병전문병원도 차질 없이 구축되도록 최선을 다하겠다”고 밝혔다.

한편 칠곡 경북대학교병원은 호남권(조선대병원), 중부권(순천향대부속천안병원), 경남권(양산부산대학교병원)에 이어 경북권에 감염병전문병원으로 선정됐다. 

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The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Chairman Eun-kyung Jung) announced on the 23rd that Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital was selected as a result of the competition for the ‘Gyeongbuk area specializing in infectious disease hospital construction project.

Regional hospitals specializing in infectious diseases are specialized medical institutions that are in charge of intensive isolation and treatment in the event of an outbreak of an infectious disease. Responsible for education and training of private infectious disease specialists.

Previously, from March 31 to May 27, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) opened a public contest for hospitals specializing in infectious diseases for medical institutions above general hospitals located in Gyeongsangbuk-do (Daegu Metropolitan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do). The evaluation committee selected a medical institution with a high overall score through written, presentation, and on-site evaluation.

Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital was selected as a special hospital for infectious diseases in the Gyeongbuk region by receiving high scores in most evaluation areas, such as the performance of treatment for infectious diseases such as Corona 19, the operation plan of the hospital specializing in infectious diseases, and the suitability of the construction site.

Director Jung Eun-kyung of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “With this selection of hospitals specializing in infectious diseases in the Gyeongbuk region, we expect to play a big role in responding to infectious diseases in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, and we will do our best to establish a hospital specializing in infectious diseases in the Gyeongbuk region along with the existing three regional hospitals specializing in infectious diseases. I will do it,” he said.

Meanwhile, Chilgok Kyungpook National University Hospital was selected as a hospital specializing in infectious diseases in the Gyeongbuk region following the Honam region (Chosun University Hospital), the central region (Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital), and the Gyeongnam region (Yangsan Pusan ​​National University Hospital).