Due to the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, the pressure on health center operations has begun in Tokyo, and in Shinagawa Ward, local doctors are observing the health of patients on behalf of the health center.
In Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, the number of people confirmed to be infected in the week up to the 16th exceeded about 800, which is more than four times the number in the previous week, and the number of patients who could not make a health observation call by the health center was as of the morning of the 16th. It means that there are more than 300 people.
For this reason, local doctors have begun to call on behalf of the health center, and Kazuhiro Miura, director of the Shinagawa Ward Medical Association, called 20 patients on the 16th to check their health status.
Patients who are receiving medical treatment at home need to confirm by telephone every day until the medical treatment is completed, which may affect other medical services such as fever outpatients in the future.
Also, according to Dr. Miura, the patients are relatively mild and many are young, and there are many people who go shopping or work because there is no contact from the health center.
Dr. Miura said, "Unlike before, even people with cold-like symptoms will be positive, so it is tighter than in the 5th wave. We are trying to increase the number of doctors who cooperate in health observation, but we can not catch up. It's a situation. It's a situation that can't be helped by health centers and medical institutions alone, so even if you don't have any symptoms, you should never go out if you are positive, and if you're feeling a little sick, don't go out. That's it. "