The Constitutional Democratic Party has requested financial support from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare so that the transfer does not impose an additional burden on pregnant women, as there are cases where pregnant women are required to be transferred due to securing beds for patients with the new coronavirus. ..
As the number of inpatients with the new corona virus increases and the beds are tight, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to make three hospitals practically specialized hospitals that mainly accept patients with the new corona virus, of which the Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital 200 pregnant women who are due to give birth have been forced to transfer to another hospital, and the city has indicated a policy to support the necessary expenses.
Four members of the Constitutional Democratic Party's Welfare and Labor Subcommittee met with the person in charge at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 15th, and there is concern that pregnant women may be required to be transferred to other areas due to continued spread of infection. We requested financial support so that pregnant women would not be burdened with additional burdens.
In response, a person in charge of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "I would like to seriously consider what kind of response we can take."
Michihiro Ishibashi, a member of the House of Councilors of the Constitutional Democratic Party, said, "Similar problems can occur nationwide. It should be known that the country will not demand an additional burden."
Pregnant women who were planning to give birth at Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital
With the conversion of Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital to a hospital specializing in the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will support pregnant women who were planning to give birth at this hospital for the costs required for the transfer.
Initially, it was said that the difference from the cost of childbirth at the transfer destination would be borne by the patient, and a woman in her thirties who was due to give birth next month said, "I am shocked because I am worried about the situation in Corona."
Under these circumstances, the capital announced on the 14th that if the hospital to which the child is transferred has a higher childbirth cost, the difference will be supported.
Regarding the decision to support, the woman told NHK on the 14th, "I am relieved to hear that the city will support me, although I am still a little worried because the teachers and equipment have changed. I hope that the uneasy pregnant women will move in the right direction, and I myself am now willing to give birth positively. "