In the Okinawa main island area of ​​Okinawa Prefecture, the occupancy rate of hospital beds for the new coronavirus has exceeded 100%, and the number of beds other than the new corona is tight, making it difficult to be hospitalized due to injuries or sudden illnesses. It's a hopeless situation," he complained.

NHK received a video taken on the 15th by the "Friendship Medical Center" in Tomigusuku City, Okinawa Prefecture, which is responding to the new corona infected.



From the video, you can see how the room where emergency patients are first treated is filled with new corona patients, how patients other than the new corona are transported to another space, and how doctors consult with each other.



Among them, the doctor instructed the person to tell the person in response to the call from the ambulance team, ``The ER is full.



According to the hospital, as of 4:30 pm on the 16th,


▽ 24 beds for mild and moderate illness and


4 beds for severe illness are


all occupied.



Beds other than corona are also tight,


▽ ICU = Intensive care unit has only 2 beds available out of 10 beds,


▽ HCU = Advanced care unit also has 9 beds, with manpower taken to deal with corona etc. This means that only two of the floors are operational.

Nao Yamauchi, head of the Yuai Medical Center's emergency department, said, "This is a devastating, devastating situation for us. It's a hopeless situation for us. The exhaustion of the medical staff has also exceeded the limit. Even if we make a request, it is becoming a daily occurrence that we cannot find a place to accept it.I think that there are situations where lives that could have been saved cannot be saved, and this will continue to happen." I was.



In addition, according to the hospital, there are an increasing number of cases where the hospital's doctor car is dispatched due to a sudden change in the condition while recuperating at a facility for the elderly or at home.



The video also shows a doctor car being dispatched to a facility for the elderly, and a doctor monitoring the process of confirming the death of a woman in the facility.



This woman was infected with the new corona, and although her medical treatment was lifted on the 14th, her condition worsened on the 15th and she died.