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Neonatal Intensive Care Units Desperately Short-Staffed, Research Finds

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – In the wake of reports that four newborns had died at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, research has found there to be a labor shortage problem among medical professions dealing with newborn care. On December 18, a report by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service on 61 neonatal [...]

Newborns’ Cause of Death at University Hospital Still Undetermined

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Forensic doctors on Monday conducted autopsies on the bodies of four newborns who successively died at a local university hospital, but failed to find a cause of death after an initial exam. The prematurely born babies were in incubators at the intensive care unit for newborns at Ewha Womans [...]