As the new coronavirus infection spreads again, the number of staff such as nurses at medical institutions has increased, making it difficult to accept inpatients, and general medical care other than the new coronavirus has also been affected. There are also places where there are concerns about medical pressure.
Among them, at the "Saitama Medical University General Medical Center" in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, the number of hospitalized patients with the new corona has increased again since the beginning of this month, and about 30 of the 40 dedicated beds are filled. it is continuing.
Approximately 70% of those hospitalized in the new corona bed were originally infected in the hospital by patients who were hospitalized in a general bed other than the new corona.
In addition, the number of nurses and other infections is increasing, and the lack of staff makes it difficult to accept inpatients, and it is affecting medical care other than the new corona.
Furthermore, even if we try to transfer the recovering new corona patients, other medical institutions are still unable to accept them due to lack of staff and beds.
Professor Hideaki Oka of the Department of Infectious Diseases said, ``The impact on medical care other than the new coronavirus is very large, and it is difficult to see a doctor even if you get sick. Medical care is so tight that I think I have no choice but to protect myself so that I don't get sick."