New corona nosocomial infection 43 deaths Hospital apologized Tokyo Taito-ku July 1 18:53

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The hospital director of Yongju General Hospital in Taito Ward, Tokyo, where 43 patients died due to a large-scale nosocomial infection of the new coronavirus, held a press conference on the 1st and apologized for the spread of the infection in the hospital. In addition, he stated that "basic infection control measures such as masks and disinfection were insufficient," and emphasized the importance of thorough infection control measures to prevent recurrence.

Since March this year, nosocomial infection of the new coronavirus has occurred in Yongju General Hospital, and a total of 214 people have been confirmed, including 109 hospitalized patients, 83 staff such as doctors, and 22 families including patients, Forty-three hospitalized patients died.

Yuji Yuasa, the director of the hospital, apologized to the press conference at the Japan Press Club in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, for the first time since the infection was revealed, and apologized for the large number of people who were unable to prevent the spread of the infection.

Then, in the beginning of April, Dr. Yuasa unexpectedly revealed the widespread spread of the infection each time the PCR test result came out, and there are many elderly patients, such as patients with blood diseases and advanced cancer, He explained that he used drugs such as Abigan and Fusan from an early stage, but could not save his life.

"There were many patients who originally had fever and pneumonia, and the awareness that they could spread the infection before they knew it had not spread, so the timing of suspecting the infection was delayed. There were some inadequate measures to prevent infection."

At the hospital, there is no infected person at the moment, and medical treatment is restarted, and patients who are suspected of having any symptoms or inpatients are inspected, and staff members are thoroughly disinfected and have multiple breaks and eating and drinking without masking. It means that we are taking measures such as the prohibition of.

In addition, Director Yuasa explained that there was an employee who had left the apartment and had his family refused to go to school or attend school, saying, ``I couldn't find a word to go to the ward every morning while fighting the fear of infection. I am sorry to have carried out such a task," he said with tears.

In the future, he said, "It is necessary to ensure that even one person does not neglect infection measures" and emphasized the importance of thoroughly implementing basic measures again.