In Osaka Prefecture, where the spread of infection continues, the medical care provision system for the new corona is extremely difficult.
In the medical field, it has been pointed out that it is difficult for people who originally need to be hospitalized to be hospitalized because they are busy with measures such as visiting facilities for the elderly with clusters and administering therapeutic drugs.
Due to the spread of the new corona infection, the medical care provision system for the new corona is in a very difficult situation, as it is actually buried in Osaka Prefecture as of the 14th, and the operation rate of mild and moderately ill beds has reached 107.1%. ..
Under these circumstances, Osaka Prefecture requested medical institutions to visit facilities for the elderly, such as clusters, in order to treat elderly people at high risk of aggravation at an early stage, and about 40 medical institutions responded. It means that there is.
Of these, the Kansai Medical University Medical Center in Moriguchi City, Osaka, began visiting facilities for the elderly from the end of last month.
Elderly people who enter the facility are at high risk of becoming severe because they are old and have weak resistance or have underlying illness. I am treating.
It is expected that this drug can be prevented from becoming more severe if administered early from the onset, and according to the center, the drug has been administered to more than 200 infected people who have been in the facility so far, and in many cases. , It means that it can prevent the aggravation.
On the 10th of this month, the doctors at the center visited four facilities and administered therapeutic drugs to four elderly people.
On the other hand, at facilities for the elderly, people get sick due to the infection with the new corona, and even if they feel sick enough to need to be hospitalized, there are some people who cannot be hospitalized due to lack of vacant beds in the hospital. ..
At the facility visited on this day, 33 out of 41 residents were confirmed to be infected, and 2 residents whose condition was not stable after administration of sotrovimab were treated with antibiotics. ..
However, of these, a man in his 80s died the day after his home visit.
An official at this facility said, "It's a collapsed situation because we can only watch over here."
Yasushi Nakamori, Deputy Hospital Director of Kansai Medical University Medical Center, who is conducting a home visit, said that the current medical care provision system for the new corona in the prefecture is already at the "limit", and it is difficult for even those who originally need to be hospitalized. After pointing out that the situation is happening, he said, "Because there is no place for the elderly to enter, the symptoms worsen in the facility, and the phenomenon that normally saves lives will not be saved. I think it will be more effective, so we need to expand our efforts to provide early treatment by visiting facilities for the elderly. "
A series of clusters in nursing homes
Due to the rapid spread of infection, clusters of facilities for the elderly are occurring one after another in Osaka Prefecture.
According to Osaka Prefecture, the number of clusters of facilities for the elderly confirmed in the prefecture in the 6th wave reached 108 as of the 13th, far exceeding the 51 cases already confirmed in the 5th wave.
In response to the large number of clusters occurring in facilities for the elderly, the prefecture will visit medical institutions in the prefecture to provide prompt treatment to residents of the facility and prevent their aggravation. As of the 9th of this month, 39 medical institutions are responding to the request.
Osaka Prefecture has decided to provide its own support money when it makes a home visit, and says, "Since clusters at the facilities are occurring one after another, I would like many medical institutions to raise their hands."