Chiba Minamiboso Municipal Hospital Acceptance of mild or asymptomatic patients with new corona April 8 15:03
While securing beds is becoming an issue due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the municipal hospital in Minamiboso City, Chiba Prefecture, has secured beds by transferring patients who had been hospitalized so far, and I will accept it.
The host is the Toyama National Health Insurance Hospital in Minamiboso, Chiba.
According to Minamiboso City, the hospital has decided to respond to a request from Chiba Prefecture to accept infected people on the 6th following the spread of the new coronavirus.
Accepted are mild and asymptomatic individuals who have been confirmed to be infected in Chiba Prefecture, and will start accepting them sequentially from the afternoon of the 8th, and plan to accept around 10 people for the time being.
As a result, the hospital has transferred all 22 inpatients to another hospital or discharged them by the 8th to prevent nosocomial infections.
In hospitals, outpatients, examinations, and medical checkups are suspended, and patients who are regularly consulted are re-evaluated by telephone and coordinated with other hospitals and clinics.
"As a public hospital, we accepted the request based on the fact that not only our own area, but also other areas in the prefecture were in a difficult situation. Mr. Hiroshi Ishii of Minamiboso City explained carefully to the citizens. I want to be able to gain an understanding. "