Medical organizations such as the Japan Medical Association will hold the first meeting of the countermeasures meeting this week to secure beds for patients with the new coronavirus.
We would like to promote cooperation between hospitals in each region and strengthen the acceptance system while maintaining regional medical care.
Securing beds has become an issue in various places due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and Prime Minister Kan told the representatives of medical organizations such as the Japan Medical Association last week that he would work to support medical institutions and secure beds. Requested cooperation with.
Four medical organizations, including the Japan Medical Association and the All Japan Hospital Association, are planning to hold a newly launched countermeasures meeting this week to secure beds.
Regarding the securing of beds, it has been pointed out that the acceptance of patients at private hospitals is less advanced than at public hospitals, while the scale of facilities and medical personnel at private hospitals are limited, and there is little room for acceptance. There is.
Under these circumstances, Chairman Nakagawa of the Japan Medical Association said, "It is also effective to further expand the corona beds of large-scale hospitals and create a mechanism for each region to ask small and medium-sized hospitals for the part of normal medical care that the hospital is doing. Isn't it a plan? "
At the countermeasures meeting, it is expected that the strengthening of cooperation, including the division of roles of regional medical institutions, will be discussed, and we would like to strengthen the patient acceptance system while maintaining regional medical care.