In Osaka, while the sickbed is becoming tight due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, infected people who are receiving medical treatment at home, mainly elderly people, cannot receive medical treatment at an early stage, and the number of cases of worsening symptoms and being transported by emergency is increasing. However, there are voices from the medical field concerned that the number may increase in the future.

The spread of infection with the new corona continues, and the operating rate of beds for mild and moderately ill patients that are actually buried in Osaka Prefecture has reached 97.7% as of the 7th, and the beds are tight.



As it becomes more difficult to be hospitalized, a team of doctors from a clinic in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, who visits home caregivers, has been hospitalized since late January for elderly people with a high risk of serious illness. It means that the number of requests from us is increasing rapidly.



Of these, a couple living in Osaka City was given sotrovimab, a therapeutic drug that is expected to be effective in preventing aggravation, because his wife in her 70s had an underlying illness.

On the other hand, the husband in his 80s said that his family made an emergency request the day before the visit, but he was not transported because he did not meet the hospitalization criteria.



However, when her doctor visited her, her symptoms progressed despite her third day of onset, and she had already had pneumonia and was in a "moderate 2" condition.



Her symptoms had progressed and she couldn't use the remedy, and the doctor immediately arranged for hospitalization, but it took time to adjust, and half a day later, in the middle of the night, she was finally taken to the emergency room.



This team makes about eight home visits a day, but the number of cases of emergency transportation due to worsening symptoms during home medical treatment is increasing to about two a day.

Visiting the hospital * Masanori Kobayashi, director of Kasai Clinic, expressed concern that the number of patients who would not be immediately connected to medical care and would become more severe would continue to increase. I need to administer it. I want to treat it as long as I have time and continue the treatment that saves my life. "



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