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In the dormitory of Eulji Hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, a young nurse made an extreme choice.
The records of social media conversations secured and reported by YTN contained complaints of bullying and work stress in the hospital, so-called ‘burn’.
The hospital only offered explanations that dismissed it as a personal problem, but as the wave grew, it belatedly requested a police investigation.
Reporter Hyerin Kim reports.
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This is a text message sent to YTN reporters by an official from Eulji Hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do.
When the coverage of a 24-year-old nurse A, who made an extreme choice while complaining about bullying in the hospital, the so-called ‘burn’ damage and work stress, began to explain, the hospital started to explain.
The hospital said first that nurses have a high turnover rate, and that they can work at other hospitals after resigning at any time.
He then asks, “Would it not have been easier if I resigned and changed jobs, even if I assumed that there was Hana-Wum?”
There are other options, and it is regrettable that I made an extreme choice, but I have doubts.
[병원 관계자 : 그러니까 그게요, 병원에서는 병원 간호사들 이직률이 높아요. 왜냐하면, 갈 데가 많으니까. 그래서 ‘이 병원은 마음에 안 드네.’ 이러면 금방금방 그만두고 다른 병원으로 옮기고 이렇게 막 하거든요.]
The hospital later denied that the remark was a personal opinion and not an official position.
However, the hospital also hurt the bereaved family by explaining their evasion of responsibility.
A hospital official who visited the bereaved family continued to remark as if blaming the boyfriend who was on a video call at the time of Mr. A’s death.
[병원·유족 측 면담 : 남자친구가 영상통화를 하고서 그 간격이 한 50분 정도 돼요. 저희 입장에서 그 상황이 (아쉬운 거죠). 네, 하여튼 그런 간격이 있는데. 쿵 소리가 났을 때 어떻게든 119를 좀 불렀으면 결과가 좋지 않았을까 하는 아쉬운 부분이….]
The hospital repeated the explanation to the reporters to the effect that Mr. A seemed to have made an extreme choice over the boyfriend issue.
[병원 관계자 : (남자친구랑) 통화 과정에서 뭔가 좀 심적인 자극을 줄 뭔가가 있지 않았을까 그런 게 조금 의혹이 드는 거죠.]
A’s colleagues refuted this explanation and mentioned that the hospital was on the verge of accreditation evaluation of a tertiary general hospital.
From the hospital’s point of view, they are trying to dismiss it as a nurse’s individual problem because they desperately need to pass the accreditation evaluation to expand the number of residents or doctors.
He said that he desperately prevented the outflow of manpower because there were many places that needed to be taken care of to prepare for the certification evaluation.
[A 씨 동료 : 인증 넘기려고 그러니까 어떻게든 막 사직하는 사람들을 붙잡고 막 이렇게 하거든요. 그런 것 때문에 더….]
After the YTN report, the hospital started an investigation into the death of A again, and requested the police to investigate.
However, it seems difficult to avoid criticism for trying to ignore the internal problems of the hospital complained by the deceased nurse by mentioning his personal history even before the official investigation began.
This is YTN Kim Hye-rin.
YTN Kim Hye-rin (khr0809@ytn.co.kr)
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