As the number of people receiving medical treatment at home increases due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, medical institutions in Tokyo have begun efforts to invite doctors from areas other than Tokyo to participate in home visits.
At the Yushokai in Minato-ku, Tokyo, which visits people infected with the new coronavirus in Tokyo and elsewhere, requests for home visits to infected people have been made one after another since the middle of last month.
Even if we restricted the visits to non-infected people, we couldn't handle it, and Dr. Jun Sasaki, the chairman of the board, called on doctors he knew all over the country to cooperate through SNS.
About 30 doctors from all over the country responded to the call, and since the end of last month, doctors from Gifu Prefecture have participated in the home visit as the first case.
On this day, I visited the home of a woman in Tokyo who had severe symptoms such as nausea and was waiting for hospitalization, observed the symptoms, and gave an intravenous drip.
Since I can only stay for a short time due to infection control, I continued to call the daughter of a female junior high school student and tell her what to look out for during the drip, saying, "It's tough, but it's time to get better, so do your best." I did.
Dr. Ryoichi Ichihashi, who came from Gifu prefecture, said, "I was asked to share the work with the desire to help as many patients as possible. Infections are increasing in Gifu prefecture, and people with severe symptoms will be at home in the future. I may have to see it, so I want to make use of this experience. "
"Yushokai" Chairman Jun Sasaki said, "The situation like a disaster continues in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and we want to provide medical care to as many people as possible by creating a system to cooperate with doctors nationwide." I am.
Responding to an increase in home medical treatment Home visits are operated by 3 teams a day
At this medical institution, there are about 70 full-time and part-time doctors, and in addition to regular home visits, we have been conducting home visits for patients infected with the new coronavirus since last month.
Until now, multiple doctors have divided the visits by hand, but as the number of people receiving medical treatment at home increases due to the spread of infection, we will add support doctors and take a position to deal with infected patients on a full-time basis. I made it.
We will create a team of three people, a doctor, a nurse, and a driver, and operate three teams a day.
Each of them gets on a car for home visits and waits in a dispersed manner in Tokyo, and when a request comes in, the members in the office contact the team closest to the request destination and ask them to go to the site.
In addition, since there are nearly 100 patients who need to be examined once and followed up, we have set up a telephone center where you can consult 24 hours a day when your physical condition suddenly changes. I also made a team to call.
In addition, we have created a dedicated team to secure and transport the oxygen concentrator to the patients who need oxygen inhalation as soon as possible.
We are planning to maintain this system until the end of next month, but since a deficit of about 12 million yen is expected due to personnel expenses required for operation, securing and transportation of equipment, etc., the shortfall will be raised by crowdfunding. I am doing it.
Atsushi Sasaki, the chairman of "Yushokai," said, "There is a part of this system that I am doing as a medical professional who wants to create an environment where patients can feel more at ease. I think it is difficult. On the other hand, it may be expensive and time-consuming to secure medical equipment due to tightness, so I would like to request the national and local governments to secure oxygen concentrators, etc. I think it is our social mission, and we want to ensure sustainability with the cooperation of those around us. "