Shiga Prefecture has set up a temporary medical facility "Mimamori Observatory Station" on the premises of the prefectural office to temporarily accept patients who requested emergency transportation during medical treatment at home and the emergency services did not need to be hospitalized immediately. I installed it in.
In Shiga Prefecture, about 90% of the beds that treat new corona patients are filled, while the number of people receiving medical treatment at home has increased 90-fold in the past month, making it difficult to adjust hospitalization at night. increase.
For this reason, Shiga Prefecture is a temporary medical facility "watching observation station" that temporarily accepts patients whose symptoms worsen during medical treatment at home and request emergency transportation, and the emergency services judge that it is not necessary to be hospitalized immediately. Was installed on the premises of the prefectural office on the 28th.
Doctors and nurses are stationed at the station 24 hours a day to perform medical treatment as needed, such as oxygen administration in 9 beds, and decide whether to continue hospitalization or home care within half a day after receiving the patient. It means going.
Fumihiko Tsunono, director of the Prefectural Health, Medical and Welfare Department, said, "I think that the station can be used to get patients who really need to be hospitalized to use the bed while the bed is tight. I want to connect it to the solution. "