The new coronavirus "antibody cocktail therapy" that started at accommodation facilities in Tokyo requires a doctor to be assigned 24 hours a day, not at night, in preparation for sudden changes in the patient's condition. Is an issue.
"Antibody cocktail therapy" is a treatment method in which antibodies act to suppress the action of viruses by instilling two drugs at the same time. It starts with.
Of these, at the accommodation facility, this treatment was given to 7 patients by the 16th.
However, in order to perform at an accommodation facility, it is necessary to have a doctor who is not usually at night 24 hours a day in preparation for sudden changes in the patient's condition, but the medical system is tight, with the number of seriously ill patients reaching a record high. One of the challenges is to create an urgent system, such as how to secure doctors.
On the other hand, according to the city, most hospitals that accept inpatients want to introduce this treatment.
However, because this treatment aims to prevent the aggravation of mildly ill people, specialists are now implementing it in lodging facilities, which have more mildly ill patients, than in hospitals, which have more moderately or severely ill patients. It is said to be valid.
The city wants to consider making this treatment available to as many people as possible.