When hospitals in the South Korean city of Daegu were overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, officials appealed for doctors to help, and among the ...
SEOUL: When hospitals in the South Korean city of Daegu were overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, officials appealed for doctors to help, and among the volunteers was multi-millionaire and former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo.
He was soon treating up to 90 intensive care patients daily, with pictures showing him looking drained but determined in sweat-soaked medical scrubs. "I could not find any words to console her," he told AFP in his first international media interview after two weeks' quarantine following his 15 days in Daegu.Ahn credited Seoul's"full-fledged testing efforts" and rapid response for reducing the impact of the virus, saying it was a model for others to follow.
He later went into politics, founding the centrist People's Party, and came third in the 2017 presidential election with 21 per cent support.
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