Mild patients are also discharged immediately "Severely ill patient" April 10, 7:00

In order to ensure that patients with severe infections due to the new coronavirus can be treated at medical institutions, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and other governments are starting this week to provide mildly ill people with treatment at accommodation facilities. However, doctors treating severely ill patients said, "Patients will come as soon as the bed is vacant," clarifying that new measures have not kept up with the increase in patients.

The National Center for Global Health and Medicine, which is the designated medical institution for infectious diseases and plays a central role in treatment, has reserved 40 beds for patients infected with the new coronavirus, but even those with mild or no symptoms are hospitalized. And it was full.

The center plays a role in accepting patients with moderate to severe illness. Six patients with mild illness moved to the accommodation in the two days until the 8th, but Dr. Kenji Kutsuna, who had been treated, said, As soon as they are vacant, patients will come in. There is a chronic shortage of beds to accept, "she said.

Some patients who were admitted to the center were rejected by more than 20 hospitals for reasons such as being full, despite the need for oxygen inhalation. If they increase, they may not be able to provide sufficient medical care. "

Dr. Kutsuna said that masks and protective equipment are severely lacking in medical practice, and that doctors and nurses may run short in the future. You should take the lead. "