At the age of 24, Jeong joined the Korean Army in May. He ruptured his left Achilles tendon and ligament while exercising with his colleagues three weeks after joining the army. He was taken to an outside hospital for surgery immediately.
The hospital explained that he needed hospitalization for two months, but Jeong returned to his unit in three weeks. This is because the military authorities ordered him to return due to vacation regulations. It was said that if Jeong was treated using his vacation, there would be no vacation left that he could use for the rest of his service.
Jeong returned to the training center but did not receive proper medical assistance. Patients who underwent surgery were reportedly quarantined without receiving essential disinfectants and antibiotics. This is because Korea Army Training Center confirmed the case of COVID-19 infection. Jeong asked the training center to allow outside treatment, but it was not accepted.
Jeong, who was left neglected for about 10 days at the training center, recently went to an outside hospital after being deployed to Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps. The surgical site had developed to a serious level of skin necrosis. The medical team diagnosis was that further playing could be difficult.
The Korea Army Training Center claimed that they did not force Jeong to return to the training center, but only explained the rules of vacation. In addition, he was given saline water twice at his request. However, it was not clear whether the training center lacked disinfectants.[4]
