As the treatment system is becoming tight due to the rapid spread of infection with the new coronavirus, it is revealed that the University Hospital of the University of Tokyo has begun to limit the acceptance of patients other than the new coronavirus in the ICU = intensive care unit. Did.
At the ICU of the University of Tokyo Hospital, the hospital has been busy with treatment of critically ill patients with the new coronavirus, and the beds for moderate diseases in the hospital are almost full.
According to Associate Professor Kento Doi of the Critical Care Center ER, there have been many elderly patients in the ICU, but now the physical condition of people in their 40s and 50s who were receiving medical treatment at home has suddenly changed. The number of cases of emergency transport is increasing, and in some cases it is fatal if the ventilator is not installed promptly after arriving at the hospital.
In the case of patients with the new coronavirus, it takes a lot of manpower to prevent infection during the initial response, so hospitals have begun to limit the acceptance of patients other than the new coronavirus in the ICU for emergency transportation and surgery that requires advanced technology. I also made it clear.
Yasuyuki Seto, director of the University of Tokyo Hospital, said, "In the same situation as the third wave of infection during the year-end and New Year holidays, we are in a phase of medical collapse that cannot save lives that would otherwise be saved." I am complaining of a sense of crisis.