The rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection is also affecting the field of emergency medical care.
At hospitals in Tokyo that accept critically ill patients, there are cases where even patients other than the new Corona have to refuse, and doctors say, "Corona and other illnesses and injuries cannot be treated promptly. It's becoming more and more. I want you to know that it's not a thing. "
Nippon Medical School Hospital in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo is a designated hospital for tertiary emergency care for critically ill patients with high urgency. It plays the role of "last fortune" and accepts patients with new corona, but it is infected. The bed is tight due to the rapid expansion of.
We have increased the number of critically ill beds for corona patients from 9 beds in early August to 13 beds, but the situation is still full.
On the 6th, a corona patient in his thirties who became severely ill in the morning was accepted from another hospital and became full, but the hotline of the advanced critical care center received a series of requests from the fire department to accept corona patients. , The emergency doctor said it was difficult to accept.
On the other hand, since the number of general severely ill beds has been reduced to 21 beds, which is less than half of the number of patients with corona, there are cases where we have to refuse to accept patients other than corona. Although accepted, the patient with convulsions could not be accepted.
The center received 31 requests in one day, six times more than usual, but only eight were accepted.
Mr. Masashi Yokobori, director of the Advanced Critical Care Center of Nippon Medical School Hospital, said, "We have never received such a request for acceptance, and we are afraid that we will not be able to see the peak. Let's further improve the medical care provision system. However, human resources are limited. I want everyone to know that it is not a matter of course that corona and other illnesses and injuries are becoming unable to receive medical care promptly. This situation can only be improved by reducing the number of people. Take action to reduce the risk of infection. "