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Working 365 Days a Year, We Feel Like Quasi-Criminals... A Neonatologist's Bitter Laugh


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01:08 Q. Working 64 consecutive hours, how often does that happen?

02:03 Q. Over 4,400 comments after the broadcast, what was the reaction around you?

03:00 Q. Working 64 consecutive hours, you witnessed it directly on-site?

04:24 Q. It is not an easy job, why do you continue to do this work?

05:32 Q. Medical vacuum outside the capital area, how severe is it?

06:42 Q. Medical school quota expansion cannot be a fundamental solution, why?

08:18 Q. When did the drop in pediatric and adolescent department applicants start accelerating?

11:42 Q. The burden of doctors taking on all legal responsibilities individually, is a revision of the medical law necessary?

15:32 Q. What impact does the absence of a single specialist have on newborns?

17:33 Q. Ultimately, what is the core problem?

"Working 64 consecutive hours," "At this rate, we'll all die." The precarious reality of neonatal intensive care units standing on the edge of a cliff has been revealed through SBS reporting. While high-risk premature infants are increasing, specialists are increasingly avoiding the field due to extreme workloads and legal burdens, pushing regional medical staff to their limits. In today's Discovery of a Scoop, Professor Lee Byeong-guk of Sejong Chungnam National University Hospital, the protagonist of the 64-hour struggle, and Reporter Han Sung-hee, who accompanied the reporting on-site, diagnose the causes of pediatric healthcare on the verge of collapse and closely analyze practical solutions.

(Anchor: Lee Hyeon-yeong, Producer: Shin Hee-sook, Camera: Cha Seung-hwan, Park Woo-jin, Editor: Ryu Ji-su, Design: Yook Do-hyun, Produced by SBS Digital News)

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