As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads rapidly, hospitals in Osaka City, which are treating moderately ill patients, are in danger of increasing the number of patients and extending the period until hospitalization, making it difficult to start treatment early. I am getting a feeling.
In Osaka Prefecture, the operation rate of mild and moderately ill beds is tight at 76.1% as of the 25th, and even at the 13th Municipal Hospital in Yodogawa Ward, Osaka, which accepts mainly moderately ill patients, 70 as of the 26th. Half of the floor is filled.
At the hospital, 62 patients were given "antibody cocktail therapy," which administers two types of antibodies to prevent aggravation, of which 82%, or 51, recovered and their symptoms subsided.
It must be done within 7 days of onset to be effective, but only for patients treated on the 7th day, 3 out of 6 patients have worsened symptoms and need oxygen. became.
According to the hospital, the rapid increase in the number of infected people in the prefecture has extended the period until hospitalization, and in many cases it takes 6 or 7 days, making it difficult to start treatment at an early stage.
Yukio Nishiguchi, the director of the hospital, said, "Because the beds are getting tight, it is not always possible to receive treatment immediately. Even young people may suddenly become seriously ill. I want it. "