So why the struggles?
It is partly because unprofitable coronavirus treatment is largely limited to public-run hospitals, which account for only about one-fifth of Japan’s 8,000 hospitals. Private hospitals, many of them small, are hesitant or unprepared to deal with coronavirus cases.
약 20%의 병원이 사설이며 수익성이 없는 코로나 환자는 관심이 없음
The government has also significantly reduced local health centers, which are key to infectious disease prevention, from about 850 in the 1990s to 469 in 2020, causing bottlenecks because of staff shortages and overwork.
1990년 850개소 지역 보건소가 현재 469개…
Less than 5 percent of about 1.5 million hospital beds in Japan are set aside for coronavirus treatment, an increase from less than 1,000 in April of last year, according to Health Ministry data, but still not enough.
병원 침대중 약 5%만 코로나 치료에 사용중임…
한마디로 총체적인 난국…
그리고 오늘 나온 다른 뉴스 위중 증상자 최고치 갱신 1,300명 돌파…
오키나와 긴급사태 포함…
6월 말까지 긴급사태 연장 논의중.
