Due to the "eighth wave" of the new coronavirus, staff at university hospitals in Tokyo have been absent from work one after another due to infection, and there is a shortage of nurses working in special wards for the new corona, and only about 70% of the beds secured are inpatients. are no longer accepted.
Nihon University Itabashi Hospital in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, handles patients with moderate to severe illness, and in the case of the spread of infection so far, other wards are temporarily closed to deal with the corona. We have secured a maximum of 60 beds for COVID-19, but due to the 8th wave of this time, staff infections have occurred one after another, and it is not possible to operate all the beds for COVID-19.
At the hospital, the gastroenterology inpatient ward was closed at the end of last month, and the number of nurses who could work in the corona special ward was increased from 27 to 51. As of the 12th, there are 48 people, and it is difficult to increase any more.
For this reason, it is becoming difficult to accept new inpatients, and of the secured beds, only about 70%, or about 43, are actually in operation.
Dr. Kentaro Hayashi, who treats coronavirus patients at the hospital, said, "Corona is highly contagious, and many medical staff are unable to work due to domestic infections. General medical care other than corona is also barely maintained. Due to the current situation, we will continue to be unable to make full use of the corona sickbed."