Japan’s health system exposed as empty hospitals reject Covid-19 patients | Financial Times
In some cases, patients have been turned away from dozens of hospitals, even though Japan, with fewer than 15,000 cases, has relatively few Covid-19 patients.
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In some cases, patients have been turned away from dozens of hospitals, even though Japan, with fewer than 15,000 cases, has relatively few Covid-19 patients.
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It also has more hospital beds a head than any other country in the world: twice as many as France and almost five times as many as the US.
But they aren’t ICU beds. Not much different to the UK
And much provision is through private healthcare unwilling to risk CV19 patients.
But they aren’t ICU beds. Not much different to the UK
And much provision is through private healthcare unwilling to risk CV19 patients.
So it took a GP 7 hours to find a hospital willing to take a 81 yr old man. He had to travel 40 miles.
As with many places CV19 has exposed the structural weaknesses of Japanese healthcare provision,
As with many places CV19 has exposed the structural weaknesses of Japanese healthcare provision,
Many small hospitals have no ICU units and a CV infection can close a hospital.
Interestingly, a +ve CV test means compulsory admission, which swamped the hospitals often with people with mild symptoms who could not be released without two negative tests. They could take up a bed for a month!
Now they are using hotels for quarantining.
Now they are using hotels for quarantining.
