Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture has declared a medical emergency as the medical care provision system is extremely tight due to the spread of the new corona infection, and is planning to secure a bed by supporting the transfer and discharge of inpatients. Shown.
Regarding the new corona, Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture told reporters, "The medical provision system is extremely tight due to the continuous spread of large-scale infections and hospitalization mainly for the elderly. We will declare a medical emergency." Said.
On top of that, a dedicated team to transfer inpatients whose symptoms have alleviated after a certain amount of treatment to an accommodation facility equipped with medical care functions in order to suppress the tightness of the mild to moderately ill beds that are almost full. I showed the policy to establish.
The full-time team will start operation from the 9th.
He also raised the plan to secure critically ill beds to "Phase 4", which represents an "emergency situation," and expressed his intention to operate 420 beds, which is more than 100 beds more than the currently operated beds.
In line with this, it was revealed that medical institutions were requested to restrict some general medical care, such as postponing surgery without haste, to ensure patient acceptance.
On the other hand, regarding the state of emergency, he said, "I think we should judge the request to the government when the actual usage rate of severely sick beds reaches 40%. Currently it is 25%, and we would like to keep an eye on the future situation." I did.