“…As a leader of a private hospital in South Korea, I was worried for my staff and their families. I also was concerned about the future of my hospital [2]. After the Korean government elevated the COVID-19 pandemic to a serious level in March 2020, the clinical volume of patients at our hospital decreased substantially (surgical volume decreased 40%, and clinic volume dropped by 30%), and in turn, so did our revenue (hospital income was off 30%).…”