Doctor of Kitakyushu City "Difficult to solve if cluster occurs any more" June 4, 16:00
In Kitakyushu, three medical institutions responsible for emergency medical care have confirmed the outbreak of the new coronavirus, and have stopped accepting emergency patients.
The doctor who supervises emergency medical care in the city is strengthening the sense of crisis, saying, "If there are more clusters, it will be difficult to solve them in the city alone."
In Kitakyushu City, outbreaks have been confirmed by three medical institutions responsible for emergency medical care by the 3rd.
Above all, Kitakyushu General Hospital in Ogura Kita Ward is one of the "third emergency" medical institutions that accept only two serious patients in the city, and the Industrial Medical College Hospital in Hachimansai Ward provides advanced medical care. It is designated as the only "special function hospital" in the city.
According to the city, these hospitals have stopped accepting emergency patients, resulting in a rapid increase in transportation to other nearby hospitals.
Shigehiko Ito, director of Municipal Hachiman Hospital, who is the advisor to Kitakyushu City's infectious disease control advisor and chairman of the local emergency medical council, said: From last month to last month, there were 2,500 fewer emergency deliveries than in the previous year, so we were able to manage the emergency medical care site," he said.
In addition, he said, "In the future, if social activities become more active and emergency transportation returns to the original level, and if more clusters occur, it will be difficult to solve it only by hospitals in Kitakyushu City." I will.
Director Ito stated that "I would like to establish a system for transportation to the outskirts of the city with the cooperation of neighboring medical institutions and create a system that can be accepted with a margin now." Wants to maintain.
In addition, we call on the citizens to "help them reduce the burden on the emergency hospital, such as by seeing their family doctor if they have a mild illness."