Osaka Prefecture has requested five university hospitals in the prefecture to postpone scheduled hospitalization and surgery between the 29th of the Golden Week holidays and the 9th of next month to secure beds for the severely ill. did.
As of 27th, the number of severely ill patients with the new corona in Osaka Prefecture exceeded 376 and 330 severely ill beds, and some patients continued to be treated with sickbeds for mild and moderately ill patients, and the medical system was critical. The situation continues.
The prefecture predicts that the number of seriously ill patients will increase even during the Golden Week holidays.
For this reason, on the 27th, the prefecture postponed scheduled hospitalization and surgery to five university hospitals in the prefecture from the 29th to the 9th of next month as a timely emergency measure, and set up a bed for the severely ill. I requested to secure it.
Patients accepted at the hospital upon request will be adjusted to be preferentially transferred to another hospital after the 10th of next month if the number of patients decreases.
The prefecture says, "The situation is extremely severe, with the number of severely ill people surpassing the number of beds secured. I would like to ask for your cooperation because I want to manage to survive the Golden Week holidays."