The Nagoya City Fire Department announced that while the sickbed was tight due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it was not possible to find a destination for general emergency patients, and two people were in cardiopulmonary arrest while being transported to a medical institution outside the city. Did.
According to the Nagoya City Fire Department, on the night of the 22nd of this month, when a woman in her 70s was transported by emergency at the request of her family, she asked eight medical institutions in the city to accept her, and she said, "The bed is full." It means that it was refused for the reason.
The woman was taken to a hospital outside the city, but when she arrived, more than an hour after the emergency request, she was in cardiopulmonary arrest during the transfer.
Also, on the night of the 24th, when a man in his 60s was transported by emergency, he was refused acceptance by 10 medical institutions in the city due to reasons such as "the bed is full", and by the time he was transported to a medical institution outside the city, 1 The fact that it took too long meant that the man was in cardiopulmonary arrest during transportation.
Both of them had no symptoms of suspected infection with the new coronavirus and were general emergency patients.
The Nagoya City Fire Department has not disclosed the details of the two.
The Nagoya City Fire Department said that the spread of the new coronavirus infection may have affected the sickbeds, saying, "The same thing can happen in the future, so we can transport it quickly in cooperation with medical institutions. I want to work hard. "