The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has begun a new initiative for doctors to treat people who are infected with the new coronavirus and receive medical treatment at home by telephone or online.
This initiative was started by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government outsourcing to a medical association in Tokyo and a private company that dispatches doctors, in light of the fact that in the third wave, there were cases of illness and death during home medical treatment.
For those who are receiving medical treatment at home, nurses and public health nurses observe the health at the "follow-up center" established by the public health center and the capital, but until now there was no mechanism to connect to the medical treatment of doctors.
A new initiative is to see a doctor over the phone or online 24 hours a day, 24 hours a day, on holidays and at night, and to go home if a doctor decides he needs it.
The number of home recuperators in Tokyo is increasing to 1222 as of the 21st, and the city wants to strengthen its posture in preparation for the next spread of infection.
Shinichi Nishida, director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Association, said, "In the future, some people may be forced to wait at home because they cannot be hospitalized due to the spread of infection. ".