The new crown epidemic caused an emergency in the Japanese medical system, the director of a hospital in Osaka: it is like a "wartime state"
[Global Network Reporter Lin Zeyu] Recently, the new crown epidemic has continued to spread in Japan, and the medical system in many places has been in an emergency.
Among them, according to a report by Yomiuri TV on the 14th, in Osaka, where the utilization rate of hospital beds is "extremely tense", the medical system is in a "serious" situation. In an interview with the media, Kunio Wada, director of Kuniwa Hospital in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, said that "the weekend is like a wartime state." ".
Hetian Bangxiong said: "I have been the director of the emergency hospital for about 40 years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a situation. This kind of situation will not happen when a major natural disaster occurs." The report said that in the past two weeks, the hospital has The hospital beds have been occupied, but on the 13th, 26 new crown patients requested admission to the hospital.
The report wrote that the characteristics of the "Omicron strain" will also be felt on the medical frontline.
The report quoted Hotan as saying: "There are also many people who have been vaccinated three times (among the new crown patients), and the elderly will quickly become severe after being transferred from the (elderly) institution, which means that they need to go to the emergency room immediately for tracheal intubation. Give artificial respiration."
Recently, in Japan, there has been an increase in the number of deaths at home due to the inability of patients with the new crown to be admitted to the hospital.
For example, the "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported that the Osaka prefectural government released news on the 14th that a man in his 60s with no underlying diseases deteriorated after contracting the new crown (January 30), but was arrested because he could not find a hospital that could accommodate him. Forced to stay at home, died at home on January 31.