With the conversion of Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital into a hospital specializing in the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will support the costs required for the transfer of pregnant women who were planning to give birth at this hospital. It was.
As the number of hospitalized patients with the new corona virus increases and the beds are tight, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to make three hospitals practically specialized hospitals that mainly accept patients with the new corona virus, of which Hiroo Hospital in Shibuya Ward Approximately 200 pregnant women who were planning to give birth have been forced to change hospitals.
We have introduced other metropolitan hospitals and private hospitals to these people, but the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to support the costs required for the transfer.
Specifically, we will make the issuance of medical information documents free of charge, pay the taxi fee when going to another hospital, and if the hospital to which you are transferred has a higher birth cost, the difference will also be included. The city will support you.
The detailed burden will be adjusted in the future.
Governor Koike of Tokyo said, "I think the transfer of hospitals has further increased anxiety, but the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will support your childbirth so that you do not have to worry. I want you to give birth with peace of mind."