A large amount of water needed for artificial dialysis in preparation for the approach of a typhoon Shizuoka Ito October 10, 16:45
The clinic in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture, which was cut off due to Typhoon No. 15 last month, is preparing to store tap water in a tank so that it can maintain artificial dialysis that requires a large amount of water.
At a clinic that conducts artificial dialysis of 79 patients in Yahatano, Ito City, the water was cut off for about two days due to damage from Typhoon No.15 last month.
For this reason, in preparation for the approach of Typhoon No. 19, the staff in charge confirmed the procedure for storing tap water in a water storage tank on the roof that can store up to 25 tons of water.
According to the clinic, approximately 100 liters of water per patient is required for a single dialysis, and approximately 6 tons of water per day must be secured when combined with the water required for other medical services. about it.
In addition to using water storage tanks at clinics, we are considering measures to handle water outages, such as reducing the amount of water used for artificial dialysis to half the treatment time.
Our policy is to ensure patient safety, such as by requesting a nearby hospital to accept patients when water is insufficient or treatment cannot be maintained due to a power outage.
"Hatafuru Internal Medicine / Urology Department" dialysis supervisor, Kazunori Suzuki said, "It will last for about two and a half days if you put it in the top of the roof, so I'm worried about typhoon damage. "