A send-off party was held on the 30th, when a nurse was dispatched from a university hospital in Kagoshima to Osaka, where the medical care provision system is in a critical situation due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
In Osaka Prefecture, the number of critically ill patients exceeds the number of beds for critically ill patients due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the government requests the dispatch of nurses through the ministries and agencies that have jurisdiction over medical institutions. doing.
Under these circumstances, Kagoshima University Hospital in Kagoshima City will dispatch a nurse for two weeks from May 6th, and a send-off party was held on the 30th.
Naho Murata, a nurse dispatched to Osaka at the send-off party, stated her enthusiasm, saying, "Osaka is in a different situation from Kagoshima prefecture, so I'm worried, but I would like to make use of my experience to support it."
Mr. Murata usually works in the ICU = intensive care unit and is familiar with how to use the artificial heart-lung machine = ECMO, so in Osaka he will be engaged in medical work at the medical facility "Osaka Corona Severe Center" dedicated to critically ill patients. That is.
Mr. Murata said, "I hoped that I could help from here as much as possible. Kagoshima University Hospital also accepts patients with the new coronavirus at the ICU, so I would like to make use of that experience to help people in Osaka." Was there.