Physicians who are severely ill

Physicians responding to severe illness `` Medical institutions share roles in outpatient and other loads '' March 5 at 5:23

According to an interview with NHK, a physician who is treating severely ill patients infected with the new coronavirus said, `` It is necessary to treat outpatients at the same time as treating severely ill patients and responding to the concentration of patients who left the cruise ship last month. It was a huge burden, "he stressed in hospitals looking at critically ill patients that they needed to focus on their treatment.

Takao Omagari, director of the International Center for Infectious Diseases of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, has been treating patients who have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Japan.

Last month, the center said that 12 people were hospitalized at once, including a patient who was disembarked from a cruise ship with an outbreak.

Two of them were severely ill and needed intensive care, and while Omagari Director and others were trying to deal with it, an outpatient clinic specializing in infectious diseases reported a cold likelihood of being infected with the new coronavirus. This means that many patients who had symptoms were referred from other hospitals.

Omagari Director said, “Treatment of patients with the new coronavirus disease requires not only a doctor in charge of infectious diseases but also many highly specialized staff, such as doctors and nurses in charge of intensive care. It was a huge burden because of the medical treatment of hospitalization and the need for infection control. "

In addition, Director Omagari commented, "The facilities that can treat severely ill patients are limited. Patients with colds are referred to other medical institutions as usual, and three to four days after symptoms appear, they should be able to stay at home. I would like you to advise me to take a break. "He emphasized the need to concentrate on the treatment of critically ill patients at hospitals where the roles of medical institutions were shared.