Gov't plans to provide relief subsidy for Miryang hospital fire

  • 6 years ago
And now to the latest from last week's deadly hospital fire in southeastern Korea that killed 38 people and injured over 150.
The interior ministry says the government is providing funds worth 940-thousand U.S. dollars,... to help clean up the damage and improve safety at the general hospital and nursing home in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
A portion of the grant will also be distributed to related ministries that have dispatched specialists to provide psychological treatment and consultations for the injured and the families of the victims.
Visiting the site of the deadly fire over the weekend,... President Moon Jae-in called for additional efforts to lessen the chance of preventable disasters, such as last Friday's fire.

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