Osaka Prefecture has set up a temporary medical facility that specializes in accepting patients in need of long-term care in preparation for another major wave of the spread of the new coronavirus, and the facility was opened to the press on the 29th.
In the "6th wave" of the new corona in Osaka, the infection spread among the elderly in need of long-term care, but many medical institutions lacked the equipment and manpower required for long-term care, making it difficult to adjust the recipients. did.
In response to this, Osaka Prefecture has prepared a new temporary medical facility that specializes in accepting patients in need of long-term care in preparation for the next big wave of infection. Published in.
The facility in Suminoe-ku, Osaka has 40 beds, and most of the rooms are private rooms.
Oxygen inhaler and simple aspirator to prevent accidental inhalation.
A mat that senses that the patient has left the bed.
Cameras for checking the patient's condition and devices for measuring heartbeats are also installed.
There is also a bathtub where wheelchair patients can take a bath as it is.
In addition to doctors and nurses, care workers and physiotherapists are assigned to the facility, and it is expected to accept elderly people with a need for long-term care of 3 or more who were receiving care from their families at home.
Mutsuko Fujii, director of the Osaka Prefectural Health and Medical Department, said, "In the 6th wave, there was a problem that it was difficult to secure a place to request treatment and medical treatment for people with heavy nursing care. In addition to corona treatment, rehabilitation and life assistance I want to make it a facility that can be cared for, including. "