The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has requested medical institutions to secure an additional 1000 beds in response to the tight medical care provision system, and even elderly people aged 65 and over who have been hospitalized uniformly are 70 years old. Those who are less than or have no underlying illness will consider medical treatment at accommodation facilities such as hotels.
This was reported at the meeting of the countermeasures headquarters for the new coronavirus in Tokyo held on the 17th.
Among these, in order to secure a medical care provision system as the spread of infection continues in Tokyo, the number of beds for critically ill patients has been increased by 50 to 250, and the number of beds for moderately ill patients has increased to 950. It was reported that they requested medical institutions to increase the number of beds to 3750.
We will add 1000 beds in total and aim to secure 4000 beds in the entire city.
In addition, until now, elderly people aged 65 and over have been hospitalized uniformly, but due to the spread of infection and the tight medical care provision system, people under the age of 70 who have no underlying illness are in hotels, etc. We have decided to consider medical treatment at the accommodation facility.
Governor Koike said, "We need to have a sense of crisis more than ever. We will protect the lives of the citizens of Tokyo centered on the three pillars of not causing death, not causing serious illness, and preventing the collapse of the medical care provision system. ".