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The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced that next summer, the medical personnel who will be assigned to the competition venues will have to work for free in principle. Before the postponement, it was supposed to be free, but since the spread of the new corona virus has not stopped, the medical community is confused. The plan to gather more than 5,000 people in total is uncertain, and the situation may shake the celebration of the tournament. (Ryo Harada)
◆ “I can’t pay”
“I can’t pay with the Organizing Committee. I don’t have the financial resources.” Toshiro Muto, General Secretary of the Organizing Committee, responded to the interview on the 22nd after announcing the budget for the tournament.
With the new budget plan, tournament expenses will add 294 billion yen to 1.644 billion yen. Over 60% of the additional amount was based on public money, and only minimal costs were recorded, such as facility maintenance costs and corona inspection costs due to deferral.
Mr. Muto added the implication that “the government may consider it”, but the head of the Cabinet Secretariat responded to the interview that “it has not considered it.”
◆ “2 doctors and 4 nurses with 10,000 or less” in the spectator’s doctor’s office
At the venue, medics will deal with athletes ‘injuries and spectators’ heatstroke. The spectator medical office has standards such as “10,000 or less, 2 doctors, 4 nurses” depending on the capacity of the venue. Only about 50 people in charge of each place pay the reward. The Organizing Committee asked the university hospitals and medical associations to cooperate with them before the postponement.
However, the situation completely changed due to the crown disaster, and the number of newly infected people in Japan increased rapidly as the year approached. On the 21st, the Japan Medical Association (Nichii) and others issued a “medical emergency declaration.”
Before the postponement, the Tokyo Medical Association was asked to dispatch to three locations and assemble the necessary doctors (about 50 people) and nurses (about 100 people), but Director Satoru Arai said: “In the shortage of hand “Free” can be rejected. It is more a matter of sentiment than money. ” “I have not been consulted by the Organizing Committee after the postponement, but I am concerned if they ask me about the number of people.”
◆ “I am afraid of getting infected and spreading to the local area”
An orthopedic surgeon who planned to participate in the Tokyo convention from Hokkaido as a doctor said: “This will lead to experience and research. Free is not a problem.” However, he is cautious about participating next summer and says, “I am afraid to go to a violent area and get infected and spread to the local area” in a critical situation where the general ward and outpatient department are restricted to accept patients with a crown.
On the other hand, there are cases where there is a charge outside the 5,000 person limit. These are the doctors from the first aid station, which is under the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and is located on the way from the station to the site. A person in charge from Tokyo said: “I cannot say the number of people or the amount of money, but I will pay it as a burden. It was a plan paid before the postponement.”
◆ If you plan to train, the deadline to secure in March
In recent years, many Olympic Games have been free to reduce the cost of the tournament and have had the goodwill of doctors. The Organizing Committee plans to start negotiations with the medical association at the beginning of the year, but the reality is that next summer’s situation cannot be predicted at all. The executives of the organizing committee are impatient and say: “The training is also necessary, and if we do not get it by March, we will not arrive on time.”
Professor Hiroshige Mikamo (Infectious Diseases) from Aichi Medical College Hospital said: “Even if it cannot be avoided, doctors should participate voluntarily. As long as the current infection situation continues, a large number of people will be invited. It would be impossible to collect them. ”
