Corona support Self-Defense Forces nurse dispatched to Osaka Activities start on the 15th Defense Minister

With the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the Minister of Defense Kishi dispatched the Self-Defense Forces in response to a request for medical support from Osaka Prefecture to dispatch a nurse, and announced that he would start activities on the 15th.

In Osaka Prefecture, where the infection continues to spread, the operation of the "Osaka Corona Severe Center", a medical facility dedicated to critically ill patients, will begin on the 15th of this month, but Governor Yoshimura dispatched a disaster to the Self-Defense Forces because the required number of nurses could not be secured. Showed the idea of ​​requesting.

At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister of Defense Kishi issued a dispatch order to the Self-Defense Forces on the 14th after receiving a formal request for medical support for dispatching nurses from Governor Yoshimura on the morning of the 11th, and started activities from the 15th. Clarified to start.

Specifically, seven nurses from the Ground Self-Defense Force will carry out medical support activities at two locations, including the "Osaka Corona Severe Center," for about two weeks.

Minister Kishi said, "We have accepted the request in response to the tight medical system. We will make the best use of the capabilities of the Self-Defense Forces in the government's overall policy of stopping the seriously ill and dead as much as possible. I want to contribute. "

According to the Ministry of Defense, the "Osaka Corona Severe Center" has one nurse from Saitama Prefecture's Defense Medical College, who has high skills to handle nursing in the ICU = intensive care unit, and associate nursing from the Chubu area hygiene team. A total of 3 people will be dispatched, including 2 teachers.

In addition, a total of four nurses and associate nurses from the Chubu area hygiene team will be dispatched to the Prefectural Nakakawachi Emergency and Critical Care Center in Higashi-Osaka City.

The nurses will be in the field on the 14th of this month, and after training to get used to the equipment, they will provide medical support from the 15th to the 28th of this month.

The Ministry of Defense has also dispatched 10 nurses and others to Asahikawa City, Hokkaido this month, and the Self-Defense Forces have been dispatched to five locations to provide medical support in response to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. It's an eye.