The actual situation that the staff of the Long-Term Care Health Facility, who died 25 people, said

133 residents and staff were infected with the new corona, and 25 residents died. A staff member of the Long-Term Care Health Facility in Kobe responded to an interview with NHK. I made a request, but there was no place to accept it, and I died one after another. "

In April, a new corona cluster occurred at the nursing care facility for the elderly "Sunny Hill" in Nagata-ku, Kobe, and in the 25 days until the 7th of this month, a total of 133 people, including 97 residents and 36 staff members, were infected. So far, 25 residents have died.

A male staff member of this facility responded to an interview with NHK asking him to know the actual situation of the cluster at the facility.

The staff commented on the background of the rapid spread of the infection in the facility, saying, "The floor I am on is only for people with dementia, and even if I ask them to wear a mask, they will be removed in a few seconds. Residents who can walk alone I had predicted that it wouldn't fit if I was infected, but I walked closer to other residents and became positive one after another, causing clusters. "

Since the beds in Kobe are tight and 3 doctors and 16 nurses are stationed at this facility, we requested that infected residents be treated in the facility in principle.

According to the staff, there was a woman who needed treatment with a respirator because the oxygen concentration in the blood dropped sharply, but even if she requested emergency transportation, she could not be hospitalized because there was no space in the bed, and she could not be hospitalized on the 3rd. It means that he died later.

A staff member said, "The only treatment I could do was oxygenation and intravenous drip, and I didn't have a ventilator. The ambulance crew came and searched for a hospital, but there was no place to accept it, and I was forced to go home many times. I appealed to let him do it, but there was no place to accept it, and he died one after another. "

Of the 25 people who died, only two were able to be admitted to a medical institution, and the staff said that they understood the current situation of tight medical care and said, "Three people die a day and put them in a delivery bag. Things went on for days. I felt that if I put it badly, I would have killed him. I'm really disappointed that I couldn't help. I want to ask the city and prefecture for further measures, "he said in his heart.

The facility told NHK that "we are busy responding and cannot comment at this stage."