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

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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