When a specialized academic society conducted a questionnaire survey on the effects of the new coronavirus among medical institutions nationwide that accept stroke emergency patients, about 20% answered that they had an impact on the acceptance of emergency patients. I found out.

In this survey, the Japan Stroke Society asked more than 970 medical institutions nationwide that accept emergency patients with stroke about the situation as of December 14, and more than 700 facilities responded.



According to this, 131 facilities, which is about 20% of the medical institutions that responded, have had an impact on medical care, such as refusing some requests for acceptance of emergency patients, and 13 of these facilities have completely stopped accepting. It means that it was.



The reasons are: ▽ A cluster of new coronavirus has occurred in the hospital, ▽ Staff and beds have been allocated to support new coronavirus, the system is shrinking, and ▽ Patients who have been transported are infected. Some respondents said that it would take time to test for the presence and it would take time to accept the next patient.



Professor Teruyuki Hirano of Kyorin University, a director of the Japan Stroke Society who conducted the survey, said, "The effects of the new corona are the same not only in strokes but also in emergency situations such as traffic accidents and myocardial infarction, and delays in treatment lead to serious problems. I don't think it's a thing, and I want you to take thorough precautions to prevent further spread of the infection. "