A pregnant woman in her 20s at 24 weeks in Cheongju was taken to Seoul after no hospital could accept her emergency transfer. Requests were made to 35 hospitals nationwide, including facilities in the Chungcheong area, according to Chungbuk Ilbo; the incident occurred on November 10.
The excerpt also cites a similar emergency-delivery case in Cheongju in May, but does not provide the hospitals’ reasons, the woman’s subsequent condition, or later institutional measures.