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Regarding the treatment of patients other than Corona, “I think it is fine now, but it is the limit,” says Tadao Kanai, president of the prefectural doctor, in Urawa-ku, Saitama city.
The new corona virus infection is spreading rapidly in Saitama prefecture. The cumulative total of infected people exceeded 10,000 each day. On the 10th, it was announced that the number of newly infected people per day was the highest in history, 188, and the number of hospitalized and undergoing medical treatment reached the highest number of 1,661. Elderly patients are also dying one after another. Tadao Kanai, president of the Prefectural Medical Association, warned on the 11th, saying, “It is a very difficult situation. I want you to act thinking that you may be infected.” (Interviewer, Kiyo Iida)
-Of the 1,661 patients on day 10, 623 were hospitalized (bed use rate 51.4%) and 30 were seriously ill (severe bed use rate 28.6). %). How do you see this situation?
More than 50% is high, which is a dangerous situation, while the number of patients can increase even more. You may think there is another 50%, but it’s just about the bed. Human power, like doctors and nurses, can be complete. Even if one person works for two people, it cannot be seen as a number.
It takes a lot of effort to find a medical worker. I will retire even if there are patients with other diseases. I don’t think it affects the response to diseases other than corona so far, but it is a limit.
-The cumulative number of infected people in the prefecture has exceeded 10,000.
There was fear of not knowing anything in the first wave. In the second wave, there were many mildly ill patients despite the large number of patients, so there was not much fear. However, there is a fear that there will be many patients and seriously ill people in the third wave. You are in a very difficult situation.
-In the prefectural bed safety plan, 200 beds are required for serious illness during the peak period, but in reality 135 beds are insured (150 beds for immediate response). Clusters (groups of infected people) occur frequently in facilities for the elderly, who tend to become seriously ill. How to insure.
(All beds must be secured during the peak period) Since we will secure 200 beds out of 1,408 beds, we have no choice but to ask each medical institution to accept seriously ill people.
Furthermore, since the severity of the patient’s symptoms to accept varies depending on each medical institution, we would like to smooth the distribution. Part of this is the transfer patient shelter bed (shelter for patients who cannot be discharged due to complications or rehabilitation even after negative confirmation), which was set up late last month.
-What is the medical system for the end of the year and new year holidays? Also, what do you want to convey to the citizens of the prefecture?
We asked each county and city medical association to open a medical institution at one location during the New Years and New Years holidays. Some people don’t wear masks, but they think “I may be infected.” I would like you to first think that infection prevention does not infect humans.
