Patient transported by helicopter from disaster base hospital of blackout Chiba September 10, 19:05

In Chiba Prefecture, the operation of the hospital has been affected by the power outage, and at the disaster base hospital in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture where the power outage continues, patients who were temporarily accepted from local hospitals are hospitals in different districts. It was conveyed to.

According to Chiba Prefecture, power outages and water outages continue at 55 out of over 300 medical institutions that have the function of accepting inpatients in some prefectures, and some hospitals are affecting operations.

Among them, the disaster base hospital “Kimitsu Central Hospital” in Kisarazu City has been out of power, and while maintaining the function of the medical facilities using the private power generator, it is about 9 minutes from other hospitals that could not continue treatment. One hundred patients were temporarily accepted.

At the hospital, the patients who were temporarily accepted on the 10th are transported sequentially to hospitals in the area where there is no power outage. In the afternoon, 8 patients use hospitals in different districts using SDF helicopters. It was conveyed to.

The eight patients were transported in two parts and arrived at the Maritime Self-Defense Force Shimoso Air Base in Sakai City, Chiba Prefecture from 2.30pm to 4pm.

Then, Self-Defense Force members carried the patient on a stretcher and placed it in an ambulance, and the nurses spoke to them.

According to the Self-Defense Force, eight patients were transported to Sakai and Matsudo hospitals.