Due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus and the shortage of medical staff, Okinawa Prefecture requested the Ground Self-Defense Force to dispatch a disaster for medical support on the morning of the 12th.
Due to the rapid spread of the new corona infection in Okinawa Prefecture, the number of medical institutions that restrict hospitalization and medical care is increasing, and the degree of tightness in the medical care provision system is increasing.
Okinawa Prefecture has already requested the National Governors' Association to dispatch doctors and nurses, but on the morning of the 12th, it requested the Ground Self-Defense Force to dispatch nurses to disasters.
Nurses are dispatched to "hospitalization waiting stations" where patients who need to be hospitalized but cannot be accepted are temporarily on standby to perform tasks such as health management for moderately ill patients.
The period is 2 weeks from the 12th to the 25th of this month.
This is the fourth time that Okinawa Prefecture has requested the Self-Defense Forces to dispatch a disaster with medical support following the spread of the new corona infection.
Dispatched 1 nurse and 4 associate nurses Self-Defense Forces
In response to a disaster dispatch request from Okinawa Prefecture due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, five nurses and others were dispatched from the Ground Self-Defense Force Naha station to support medical sites on the 12th.
One nurse and four associate nurses from the 15th Brigade of the Ground Self-Defense Force were dispatched, and on the 12th, 20 people, including logistical support members, participated in the departure ceremony at the Naha station.
Among them, Mr. Ken Itaka, the commander of the 15th Rear Support Corps, instructed the members, "I want you to take all possible infection control measures and work with a sense of tension."
The five will be dispatched to the "hospitalization waiting station" set up in the gymnasium on the main island of Okinawa, and will be involved in nursing activities for patients who need to be hospitalized but whose acceptance destination is undecided, together with medical personnel at the site.
The period will be two weeks from the 12th to the 25th of this month.
Toshiki Kimura, a second-class nurse dispatched as a nurse, said, "We will take great care not to infect ourselves, work in cooperation with medical personnel in the field, and do our best to help the citizens of the prefecture. I want to. "
Due to the rapid spread of the new corona infection in Okinawa Prefecture, medical institutions that restrict hospitalization and medical care are increasing one after another, and the degree of tightness in the medical care provision system is increasing. I am requesting the dispatch of.