Case of refused transportation of patients To the first fact-finding survey Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Fire Agency April 25 3:59
Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, there are a number of cases where patients are refused to be transported from hospitals because of suspected infection.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' Fire Department decided to conduct the first fact-finding survey targeting the fire department headquarters at prefectural offices nationwide.
While the infection with the new coronavirus spreads, patients who complained of symptoms such as "having a fever" or "difficulty breathing" were cut off from multiple hospitals, suspected of being infected, mainly in urban areas such as Tokyo. There are a lot of cases that can be done.
For this reason, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will conduct a fact-finding survey on the number of such cases, in addition to the prefectural government offices and fire department headquarters located in government-designated cities nationwide, as well as the 52 fire departments of the Tokyo Fire Department. became.
Requesting a report means that there will be 4 or more inquiries to the hospital before the delivery destination is decided, and we will conduct regular surveys in the future.
This is the first time that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has conducted a fact-finding survey of cases in which transportation to hospitals is refused, so we would like to understand the situation in each region so that we can connect to future measures.