Basically, medical treatment is required for people with mild illness to secure medical treatment. Corona April 24, 5:43
Regarding medical care places for mild patients with the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has changed the policy based on accommodation facilities, avoiding homes. In the future, how to secure medical personnel who will respond to sudden changes in the patient's condition will become an issue.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had a policy of treating patients with mild illness and those without symptoms at home or at an accommodation facility until now. Instead of that, we changed the policy to be based on medical treatment at accommodation facilities.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato said, "Because there is a need to prevent infection in the family and the patient's condition may change suddenly, it is better to respond at the accommodation facility to the patient's safety." .
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there are 32 prefectures in the process of accepting patients with mild illness at accommodation facilities, and during the daytime there is a system where public health nurses or nurses are resident.
However, the Tokyo metropolitan government, which is pioneering efforts nationwide, is calling for the placement of doctors who respond to sudden changes in the patient's condition. The issue is how to secure medical personnel who can respond in.
Tokyo Many people choose home
It will be one week in 24 days that Tokyo will start accepting people who are infected with the new coronavirus and have no symptoms or symptoms that have been diagnosed as having no need to be hospitalized, from their home directly to the hotel. According to the city, many people choose to have medical treatment at home, and there is room in the guest room, so how to encourage people to move away from home is an issue from the viewpoint of preventing infection at home.
At the “East Tower” of “Shinagawa Prince Hotel” in Minato-ku, Tokyo, we started working directly from home on the 17th of this month to accept people who have no mild illness or symptoms diagnosed as having no need for hospitalization.
It will be one week in 24 days, but depending on the city, the number of people that can be accepted is about 450, whereas as of the 23rd, 99 people have entered the hotel and the rooms are still vacant. about it.
When asked whether he should be treated at the hotel or at home in Tokyo, he explained that there are many people who want to stay at home because they can not spend freely at the hotel, mainly those who do not have symptoms.
However, there are cases where infection is suspected at home, and on the 23rd, about 35% of those who know the route of infection will have 17 infections at home.
From the perspective of preventing such infections, the Tokyo metropolitan government says that medical treatment at the hotel is desirable, and the issue is how to encourage people to move from their homes.
Governor Koike of Tokyo told reporters on the night of the 23rd, "I will move to the medical care at the accommodation, not at the hospital or home, so I will move. ".