Due to the rapid increase in the number of home caregivers, there was a situation in Tokyo on the 15th that it was not possible to secure an "oxygen concentrator" that inhales oxygen at home.
At "Sakura Shinmachi Urban Clinic" in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, on the morning of the 15th, when I called a man living alone in his 30s who was undergoing medical treatment at home for follow-up, the oxygen saturation in his blood was about 88%. rice field.
A man has been infected with the new coronavirus and has been receiving medical treatment at home since the 11th of this month. It means that he was checking the status by phone.
A doctor who has been diagnosed as having "moderate 2" due to worsening symptoms informs the health center that hospitalization is necessary, and calls the manufacturer's rental window to arrange an "oxygen concentrator" for immediate oxygen administration. I did.
However, all four manufacturers designated by the city answered that they were "out of stock" and contacted the city directly, but were told that "there was no equipment to rent."
The doctor asked another vendor, but he couldn't get the equipment on the 15th.
On the morning of the 16th, at the clinic, I first called the patient's man to see if his condition had deteriorated, and then I contacted a contractor I knew again.
Finally, I was told that I could prepare one in the evening, and I was relieved.
Junichiro Toya, director of "Sakura Shinmachi Urban Clinic," said, "Oxygen administration is the lifeline of home recuperators while the treatments that can be provided at home are limited. Then, the life that can be saved cannot be saved. I have no experience in this situation in the past, and I think it is a state that can be called dysfunction anymore. "