In Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, a man in his 50s who was infected with the new coronavirus and was being treated at home was found dead, but the man is in good health despite the risk of diabetes and aggravation. It turned out that I could not grasp the state.
On the 3rd of last month, a civil servant, Toshihito Tajiri (53), was found dead in a house in Arakawa-ku, Tokyo.
According to the people concerned, Mr. Tajiri lives alone and has to wait for contact from the health center at home after the infection of the new coronavirus was confirmed by the inspection on July 24, 10 days before that.
According to Mr. Tajiri's office, he called from him to report that the test was positive on July 24th.
Living alone is the underlying disease of diabetes
Mr. Tajiri lived alone and had an underlying illness of diabetes, so at work he was asked to report his health condition by telephone every day.
A colleague went to deliver groceries to his home on July 31, three days before he was found dead, because he said in a phone call that he was "running out of food."
At that time, he said, "The fever doesn't go down easily. I haven't heard from the health center yet."
After that, when I called on August 2nd, there was no response, so I contacted the health center and when my boss and colleagues visited my house on August 3rd, I died in the room on the first floor. It means that.
The boss's man said, "I lived alone and had an underlying illness, so everyone in the workplace was worried and tried to contact me every day, but I'm sorry that this happened. Why contact the health center? I don't know if I couldn't get it, but I felt that it was necessary for home care workers to check their safety not only at the health center but also at the workplace. "
According to the Arakawa Ward Health Center, after receiving a call from a medical institution, Mr. Tajiri made a phone call to his mobile phone every day, but he could not connect and visited his home once, but there was no response.
People who are receiving medical treatment at home are supposed to be contacted by a health center to confirm, but this time, despite having an underlying diabetes disease, they could not talk to the person and could not grasp their health condition. It was.
Mother "I can't even say goodbye to the end, so sad and painful"
Tajiri's mother, who lives in Saitama Prefecture, did not know that her son had been infected with the new corona and was being treated.
My mother said, "The last time I met him was when he stopped by in July, and at that time he said" See you again "and waved and broke up, so I didn't expect this to happen. I didn't say that I was infected with Corona, so I didn't know what my son was doing, but if I got a call from somewhere, I would rush to take care of him by taxi. rice field"
"I lived alone, so maybe I couldn't do anything even if I suddenly got sick. It's sad and painful that I died alone and couldn't say goodbye at the end." ..
Arakawa Ward to strengthen safety confirmation in cooperation with police
In response to this situation, Arakawa Ward decided to take more in-depth measures to prevent it from being unable to contact the person being treated at home.
Specifically, if you can't get in touch even after calling three times, consider visiting your home, and if you visit your home and there is no response, call the police and ask for cooperation and immediately enter the room. I'm going to go in and check my safety.
In addition, the medical institution where the infected person consulted will provide information such as contact information other than the person himself / herself, and if necessary, contact the workplace.
In Arakawa Ward, this initiative had already started this month (September), and there were cases where a police officer went into the house of a home recuperator who could not be contacted and was hospitalized.
Arakawa Ward said, "I am very sorry that the inhabitants of the ward have passed away. We will work as one to provide full support to those who are being treated at home with more tension than ever before. I will do it. "
Expert "Catching SOS in society as a whole"
Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, a member of the government's subcommittee on measures against the new coronavirus, said, "At first, even if the symptoms are mild, there is a risk of sudden deterioration, so it is very important to understand the daily health condition, but home medical treatment. While the number of people is increasing rapidly, the manpower of the health center is the limit, and it is difficult to catch any changes in the physical condition of infected people. "
After that, "People who are receiving medical treatment at home should report their condition to their family members and people at work every day. On the contrary, if someone close to them becomes infected and receives medical treatment at home, contact them frequently. It is important for society as a whole to catch SOS by grasping the condition and contacting the health center on behalf of the person in the unlikely event that the condition suddenly changes. "