52% of heat strokes need to be hospitalized A new corona effect or 12:21 on August 21, Oita
In Oita prefecture, where the heat is still fierce, this month, 52% of people who were hospitalized for suspicion of heatstroke had a moderate or higher grade who needed to be hospitalized. I found out by interviewing the prefecture. Experts point out that "the number of people refraining from receiving medical examination due to the effect of the new coronavirus may delay treatment and may lead to severe disease."
In Oita Prefecture, the intense heat continued every day, with the highest nationwide temperature of 38.7 degrees observed at Inukai in Bungo Ono City on the 19th.
Of the people who were brought to the hospital on the suspicion of heat stroke in the prefecture from the beginning of this month on the 16th, the total number of patients with moderate or severe disease requiring hospitalization was 91, which was 52% of the total, and the record was recorded. A prefecture interview revealed that it was the highest in the past eight years.
In addition, it is the first time that it exceeds the number of mild patients and exceeds half of all patients.
Teruo Sakamoto, Director of the Center for Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Oita University Hospital, said, ``This summer, due to the new coronavirus, it seems that many people are not accustomed to the heat because they were refraining from going out and infected. The number of people refraining from receiving medical treatment in order to avoid this may be delayed and the treatment may lead to serious injuries.I would like to see thorough measures against heat stroke and see a medical institution as soon as possible if there are any symptoms." ..