With the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the number of home recuperators exceeds 90,000 in Tokyo, and although symptoms of pneumonia are seen at the site where a group of doctors visits, the hospitalization destination is not decided immediately and oxygen is administered at home. The number of cases that require is increasing rapidly.
These cases are nearly four times higher than last month in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The group "Fast Doctor", which is registered by many doctors, conducts home visits to home care recipients on behalf of the local government, and the number of home visit requests reached 1,600 this month, exceeding 1100 last month.
In some cases, a couple in their 40s and a family of three daughters were all infected, and her husband said, "The symptoms of Omicron strain are said to be mild, but that is not the case, and it is painful to have a heavy cough." I was there.
In addition, as medical institutions became tight due to the rapid spread of infection, this month, we received a series of requests for home visits to elderly people and patients with underlying illness who had been hospitalized until now and are at high risk of becoming severely ill. By the 15th of this month, the number of cases requiring oxygen administration in the Tokyo metropolitan area has nearly quadrupled from the previous month.
Of these, a man in his 50s who lives alone in Tokyo had a high fever of nearly 40 degrees even 10 days after the onset, and when a doctor examined him, the oxygen level in his blood had dropped to 89%, and he also said. Auscultation also showed that he had pneumonia, and he was diagnosed with "moderate 2".
The doctor called the hospital to consult with the health center and arrange a hospitalization, but I could not find a place to accept it immediately, so on this day I will administer oxygen at home and see how it looks. I did.
As a result of continuing hospitalization adjustments, the man was able to be hospitalized the next day.
Dr. Ryo Kikuchi, the representative of "Fast Doctor", said, "The number of patients who need oxygen at home is increasing rapidly. After all, the tightness of the bed is the cause, so even if the number of infected people decreases in the future, inpatients will be hospitalized. It takes time to be discharged from the hospital, so the site will not improve immediately. We need to think about how to protect people who are at risk of becoming seriously ill, such as the elderly. "