The prefectural Aichi Hospital in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, which specializes in accepting patients up to moderate disease of the new coronavirus, was newly admitted on the 9th, and the number of inpatients was 27, the highest number ever.
Many of the patients are elderly people who need assistance and the burden on nurses is heavy, making it difficult to accept any more.
Aichi Prefectural Aichi Hospital, which opened in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture on October 15, is a specialized hospital that accepts moderately and elderly mildly ill patients, with the aim of reducing the burden on hospitals that handle critically ill patients.
According to the prefecture and hospital, one new person was admitted on the 9th, and the number of inpatients was 27, the highest number since the hospital opened.
Currently, there are 35 nurses, but most of the inpatients are elderly people who need assistance such as meals and toilets, and the burden on nurses is heavy, so it is becoming difficult to accept any more. about it.
The number of beds in this hospital is 50, and the prefecture plans to increase it to a maximum of 100 beds, but it is difficult to secure nurses.
The Aichi Medical Planning Division says, "We will strive to secure new nurses and work to accept more patients."
What is the status of beds in Aichi Prefecture?
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus and hospitalized in medical institutions in Aichi Prefecture is 423 as of the 8th, which is the highest ever.
Aichi Prefecture says it has secured 900 beds for infected people so far.
This is an accumulation of the number of beds reported to be acceptable by medical institutions in the prefecture, and 900 beds are said to be able to accept infected people immediately.
Bed utilization is below 50% as of the 8th.
Of these, 297 beds have been reported as acceptable beds by medical institutions in Nagoya City, and as of the 7th, 157 people have been hospitalized at medical institutions in the city.
In addition, about 10 people from outside Nagoya are hospitalized at medical institutions in the city, but it is calculated that more than 100 beds are vacant.
For this reason, Aichi Prefecture has indicated that the beds in the prefecture, including Nagoya City, are not tight at this time.
On the other hand, Nagoya City explains that the number of beds that can be accepted immediately is about 180 as of the 7th because the number of doctors and nurses who can handle it is limited.
For this reason, in the city, about 90% of the beds are already filled, and he explained that it is tight, which is inconsistent with the perception of Aichi Prefecture.