Cancer Research Ariake Hospital Home waiting staff returned to normal operation system Tokyo April 29, 5:57
The cancer research institute Ariake Hospital in Tokyo, where nurses were infected with the new coronavirus and drastically reduced the number of operations from 20th of this month, will return to the operation system from 29th as the staff waiting at home returned. . This means that surgery will be performed even during large holidays, including when patients need emergency surgery at hospitals in Tokyo where surgery is no longer possible.
The “Kanken Ariake Hospital” in Tokyo, which receives the most cancer patients in Japan, is confirmed to have been contacted on 20th this month because the nurses in the surgery department were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. About 110 of the staff had to wait at home, reducing the number of surgeries that had been performed up to 40 times a day by 80%.
According to the hospital, there were no confirmed symptoms of suspected infection among staff members waiting at home or inpatients, and two weeks had passed since the last day the infected nurse worked. It means returning all the nurses and doctors who were waiting on the day to the workplace to restore the operation system.
At the hospital, the operation room was put into operation and postponed during the large holidays, including the 29th of national holidays.At the same time, medical staff and patients were infected and hospitalized at university hospitals in Tokyo where patients could not be treated. We are also ready to accept the need for emergency surgery.
“I am relieved to be able to restore the surgical system to its original state,” said Dr. Takeshi Sano. “Since many cancer patients are waiting for surgery, I would like to do my best to deal with it.” I am.