In Chiba Prefecture, last year, Kashiwa City was unable to find a place to accept pregnant women infected with the new coronavirus, and after a baby born prematurely died, a newly established system to coordinate the transportation of pregnant women is being used. As the number of dedicated hospital beds has increased, doctors are showing a sense of crisis as the number of hospital beds for pregnant women is tight due to the seventh wave of infections.
A year ago, on August 17, 2018, a woman in her 30s who was eight months pregnant and was being treated at home after being infected in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, was unable to find a place to accept her, and she gave birth prematurely at home and her baby died. .
After that, the prefecture introduced a system to make inquiries to other hospitals in the prefecture to see if it was possible to accept them if there were no hospitals nearby. It means that it was transported by
In addition, we have secured beds for pregnant women, which had not existed before, and are now able to accommodate up to 41 beds at major hospitals in the prefecture.
However, in this 7th wave, when many infected people have been confirmed, there are several hospitals where the beds dedicated to pregnant women are full.
In addition, the number of hospital beds for isolating babies after delivery is limited, and the situation is tight.
Dr. Akiko Omoto of the Department of Perinatal and Maternal Medicine at Chiba University Hospital expressed a sense of crisis, saying, "If the number of infected people continues to increase, we may have to accept hospitals that do not have dedicated beds." .