Tokyo man's fever suspected of being infected with new coronary pneumonia was rejected by 40 hospitals

China News Service, April 14th. According to a report by TV Asahi Japan on the 14th, cases of hospital rejection due to suspected new coronary symptoms such as fever have occurred frequently in Tokyo, Japan.

A man in Tokyo, Japan, was suspected of contracting new coronary pneumonia and was rejected by about 40 hospitals. (Photo source: Screenshot from TV Asahi, Japan)

According to relevant sources of the Tokyo Fire Department, at noon on the 9th local time, a man in his 40s in central Tokyo claimed to have fever symptoms. When the ambulance staff planned to send him to the hospital, he was rejected by about 40 hospitals. The man may be infected with new coronary pneumonia. Allegedly, it took an hour and a half for the ambulance staff to finally contact the hospital that was willing to accept it, and successfully sent the patient to the hospital.

According to reports, similar situations have occurred recently in Tokyo, and even ambulance staff spent six hours late at night before successfully sending patients to the hospital.

A relevant person in a local emergency hospital said that "the main (problem) is that patients cannot be admitted to the hospital, because the reason is to prevent the occurrence of nosocomial infections," he also said, "although (the hospital) has always been serving local patients as its responsibility, But now (appearing) local patients are not diagnosed and treated, which is really depressed. "

According to reports, the reason for this situation may be related to the fact that some emergency hospitals have no permanent medical doctors and are not ready to receive patients with new coronary pneumonia. There are also concerns about the spread of the virus inside the hospital.

In response, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said that it is advancing related solutions, including sharing hospital information with ambulance personnel that can treat patients with new coronary pneumonia.

As of 2 p.m. local time on the 14th, 7709 cases of new coronary pneumonia were diagnosed in Japan and 146 cases died.