In the event of a disaster, it is expected that the toilet will not be usable due to water outages.
In particular, a seminar was held for patients with intractable diseases who often go to the toilet when the intestines become inflamed to learn how to use the portable toilet in the event of a disaster.
It is said that there are about 250,000 patients with intractable intestinal inflammation such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Japan, and since they often go to the toilet, it is a big issue that the toilet cannot be used in the event of a disaster. I will.
According to a survey conducted by a group of patients with intractable diseases in Kumamoto, patients with ulcerative colitis had to stay at home to secure a toilet due to the Kumamoto earthquake five years ago, and diarrhea occurred many times a day. It is said that some people said that they could not spend time at the evacuation center because of the symptoms of.
Approximately 30 people, including patients, learned how to use portable toilets in the event of a disaster at a seminar held online by medical venture companies and patient groups on the 7th.
Even if the toilet water cannot be flushed, cover it with a plastic bag, one under the toilet seat and one above the toilet seat, and put a coagulant such as powder or tablet in it. It means that you will be able to use it just by yourself.
At the seminar, I put water that looked like urine in the toilet, and after a while it hardened into a jelly, and then I threw away only one plastic bag that was placed on the toilet seat.
When throwing it away, bleed the air from the bag and tie it tightly to prevent the odor from leaking.
Yudai Nakajima (53) from Saitama Prefecture, who participated in the seminar, is worried about using the toilet in the evacuation center because he often cannot get out of the toilet for several tens of minutes when his symptoms are severe.
Mr. Nakajima said, "I'm distracted because the toilets in the evacuation center are lined up. Depending on the illness, I need equipment to wash my buttocks, and I'm worried because I don't think the temporary toilets in the evacuation center have it." It was.
On top of that, Mr. Nakajima said, "I want the national and local governments to do their best to improve the toilet environment at the evacuation center, but I think it will be difficult to improve immediately, so I would like to equip myself with a portable toilet." I did.
In addition, a man from Miyagi Prefecture who participated said, "From now on, I would like to equip a portable toilet so that I can actually use it and use it in case of emergency."
Yukari Ichikawa, a disaster prevention toilet adviser who served as a lecturer, said, "I think that having a portable toilet will alleviate the anxiety of patients with intractable diseases. Toilet is an important issue for everyone, so make sure to bring it close to you. I want you to feel it. "