"If we don't respond in total, we cannot confront this situation." New Corona April 28, 19:13
To compensate for the shortage of medical staff due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, the teachers of a nursing school who responded to the mildly ill at a hotel in Osaka city responded to an interview with NHK. If we don't, we won't be able to face this situation. "
In April, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a notification to nursing schools nationwide in order to fill the shortage of medical staff, and requested the temporary return of nurses working as teachers to the field.
In the middle of April for five days at a hotel in Nishi-ku, Osaka, the teachers of the Osaka Red Cross College of Nursing, who dealt with mild illness, responded to an NHK interview and talked about the situation in the medical field.
Of these, Kaori Takahashi said, “The number of patients we had accepted at the hotel on the first day was 30, but it was doubled on the last day. Some of the minors who were responding breathed during the conversation. While I was thinking that it was strange, I suddenly became dyspnea and became unable to move, and some people carried me by ambulance. I witnessed a case where my condition suddenly deteriorated. ” I told you.
He then said, "I feel like this situation can't be countered unless the health care professionals work together. There is no choice but to do what we can do now."
Also, Mr. Yayoi Nishino, who responded at the same hotel, compared to the sites of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Kumamoto Earthquake that were dispatched for support so far, “At the disaster site, I could feel the damage such as injury and collapse of houses with my eyes. However, with the new Coronavirus, it's hard to feel that it's invisible and close to you.When you step out of the hotel, you'll find the same everyday scenery as you do. I felt that it was a reason not to be connected, "he said, saying that it is important for each and every person to act responsibly.
Regarding the situation of hospitals in the same group as the nursing school where he works, he said, "The supplies such as medical masks and protective clothing are overwhelmingly insufficient. If the supplies are insufficient, we will not be able to care for patients. Patients are treated in some limited departments of the department, but if the number of infected people increases, it will be necessary for people in other departments to also cope. How important it is to prevent nosocomial infections becomes important. He said, "It is difficult to secure the necessary materials and human resources.