Kanagawa Prefecture Intensive reception of moderately ill patients To establish a medical institution
Based on the experience of accepting a cruise ship infected person with a confirmed outbreak of the new coronavirus at a medical institution in Kanagawa Prefecture, the number of "moderate" patients requiring oxygen administration has increased in Kanagawa Prefecture in the future. In some cases, it was decided to establish a medical institution that would receive these patients in a concentrated manner.
According to Kanagawa Prefecture, when many infected people were accepted from a cruise ship "Diamond Princess" at a medical institution in the prefecture, there were many "moderate" patients who needed oxygen administration, and the treatment was important. is.
For this reason, the prefecture has decided to establish a "Priority Medical Institution" to intensively accept more than 100 "moderate" patients infected with the new coronavirus.
Plans to secure a maximum of 2500 beds, such as by constructing a temporary ward, and seek treatment at home or the like for infected persons who have no mild or symptomatic symptoms, and secure a system to treat severely ill patients to advanced medical institutions It is to do.
Governor Kuroiwa said that if a large-scale outbreak caused by the explosive spread of infection called overshoot could cause the medical system to collapse, he said, `` This mechanism is called a `` Kanagawa model, '' I want to confront the battle. "