In Japan, which suffers from intensive care unit (ICU) hospital beds and lack of medical equipment due to the spread of Corona19, a doctor suggested a solution to "Let the old people yield treatment to young people."

Local media, such as the Japan News Post Seven on the 11th of the local time, reported that there is a lack of intensive care beds rather than the number of surging patients in Japan. According to the Japan Association for Intensive Care Medicine, the number of ICU beds in Japan is 5 per 100,000 people as of April 1, which is significantly less than that of 30 Germans and 12 Italians.

In response, Professor Fuminobu Ishikura of the University of Osaka created a “medical concession will card” that allows seniors to voluntarily confer treatment opportunities to young people. 
The card reads, "If I am under intensive care, such as a ventilator or an artificial lung, with corona 19, I will yield a treatment opportunity to a young person if medical equipment is insufficient." With the same principle as the organ donation card, if you give prior consent, it is a card that can be used as a substitute for a treatment concession doctor even if you are seriously ill.

Professor Fuminobu, who is also a current circulatory specialist, is also 64 years old. Still, for the reason he created the 'Therapeutic Concession Will Card', he said, "If more and more serious patients in Corona19 are on the field, medical workers in the field will be forced to 'choice of life'." I made this card because I did it. "
Mr. Fuminobu explained that the party with a treatment concession will only need to sign and hold the card, but it has been reported that there is no legal effect on the 'treatment concession will card'.

In the field, there is a quarrel, such as "Measures such as increasing the number of medical facilities and recruiting personnel are the first."


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(Photo = 'News Post Seven' website capture)