旭川市、コロナで自衛隊に派遣要請へ　看護師不足が深刻

Nurses shortage for coronavirus treatment in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido

Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, where the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing rapidly, held a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters on the morning of the 7th and officially decided to request the Self-Defense Forces to dispatch disasters through the road. The direction is to request the dispatch of 20 medical staff including nurses. In Asahikawa City, eight clusters (groups of infected people), including two hospitals including core hospitals, have occurred, and the shortage of medical staff is becoming more serious.

According to the people concerned, at the meeting between the city and JMAT (disaster medical assistance team) of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and DMAT (disaster medical assistance team) of the Japan Medical Association on the 5th, there is a shortage of nurses etc. at the site, and a new one It was pointed out that 24 people needed to be replenished.

In response to this, the city requested the dispatch of 24 nurses to the road on the 6th, but the medical system in other areas of Hokkaido was also severely difficult. In response to this, Governor Naomichi Suzuki and Mayor Masahito Nishikawa met on the phone on the same day. The direction was to request the Self-Defense Forces to dispatch disasters. In the future, the number of staff to be dispatched will be finalized, and Mayor Nishikawa will formally request the Self-Defense Forces through Governor Suzuki.

In Asahikawa City, clusters have occurred one after another since November, and the number of infected people has increased rapidly. A total of 224 people (announced by the hospital) were infected at Asahikawa Welfare Hospital, making it the largest cluster of new coronas at medical institutions in Japan. A total of 184 people (announced by the city) were infected at Yoshida Hospital. A total of 40 people killed by the city's new corona are inpatients at these two hospitals.

Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASND73G6NND7IIPE007.html?iref=comtop_7_01