Reuse of a closed hospital as a new corona hospital Sagamihara May 18, 7:37
In order to build a medical system capable of responding to the new coronavirus over the long term, the closed "Kitasato University East Hospital" in Sagamihara City will be reused as a dedicated hospital for the new coronavirus.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, in order to prevent medical disintegration due to the spread of infection, in addition to the hospital that accepts critically ill patients, we have also designated a "priority medical institution" that accepts patients with moderate illness to establish a medical system, but in Sagamihara City. The number of beds we have secured is only one-fourth of our target of 200 beds.
For this reason, the prefecture and the city were discussing with Kitasato University Hospital in the city, but the "Kitasato University East Hospital" that was closed at the end of March was reused as a dedicated hospital for new coronavirus patients. I learned from interviews with related parties that it was decided.
It is expected that it will soon be designated as a "preferred medical institution" in the prefecture, and doctors and nurses will be dispatched from Kitasato University Hospital and other medical institutions in the city, and it will start accepting with 50 beds from 20th of this month. I will.
Since there were more than 300 beds until the hospital was closed, it is being considered to increase the number of beds when the infection further spreads.
On the premises of Kitasato University East Hospital, the building that was already a nurse's dormitory has been reused as an accommodation facility that accepts mild and asymptomatic people. I would like to reduce the burden on the medical field.