In one recent case, an ambulance carrying a man with a fever and difficulty breathing was rejected by 80 hospitals and forced to search for hours for a hospital in downtown Tokyo that would treat him. Another feverish man finally reached a hospital after paramedics unsuccessfully contacted 40 clinics.
The outbreak has highlighted underlying weaknesses in medical care in Japan, which has long been praised for its high quality insurance system and reasonable costs. Apart from a general unwillingness to embrace social distancing, experts fault government incompetence and a widespread shortage of the protective gear and equipment medical workers need to do their jobs.
"We can no longer carry out normal emergency medicine," said Takeshi Shimazu, an Osaka University emergency doctor. Infections in a number of hospitals have forced medical workers to self-isolate at home, worsening staff shortages. Medical workers are now reusing N95 masks and making their own face shields. The major city of Osaka has sought contributions of unused plastic raincoats for use as hazmat gowns. Abe has appealed to manufacturers to step up production of masks and gowns, ventilators and other supplies.
Japanese hospitals also lack ICUs, with only five per 100,000 people, compared to about 30 in Germany, 35 in the U.S. and 12 in Italy, said Osamu Nishida, head of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
They ended lock down prematurely
I learned that over crowded, heavy populated cities are the worst places to be. Packing millions of people in a area that can't handle it is a health risk. People are not meant to be in tight quarters we need space
So no olympique games this year ?
We need to learn from this
Abe was reluctant to have people tested because of Olympic and is now to be re-elected this Summer.
Ppl here still not taking seriously. We haven’t got over the 1st wave & ppl complaining. No way we can handle a 2nd wave, don’t know how we can survive- more job losses, strain on health care workers, strain on mental health etc. We need to learn from other countries
We are following there model for reopening 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
BrentToderian I remember when Japan was mentioned as a success story, but it seems like contact tracing is only feasible until a certain number of infections and masks offer only limited protection
This better be true and not covid porn. I'm sick of bullshit.
Maybe get off the roof then?
Take care, Japan 😞😞😟☹️
Wrong photo.
Grammar.... c’mon.
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