"Permanent online medical care" Carefully consider "Japan Medical Association Chairman Nakagawa September 24, 17:37

Mr. Nakagawa, Chairman of the Japan Medical Association, said that he should carefully consider the perpetuation of the time-limited measures of "online medical care", which is recognized as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus.

Regarding "online medical treatment" that provides medical treatment to patients using the Internet, the government has approved the first medical treatment as a time-limited measure from April as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, and Prime Minister Suga is aiming for permanent treatment. We are instructing the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura to proceed with the examination.



Regarding this, Chairman Nakagawa of the Japan Medical Association said at a press conference, "It is an urgent response in an emergency. Future responses should be considered while confirming safety and effectiveness based on the verification results." He indicated that he should proceed with the examination.



On that basis, he said, "I am not able to measure the true intentions of Prime Minister Suga, but I do not think that the current timed and special mitigation will be made permanent at once. The direction should be to expand what can be expanded. "