Collapses medical care in Japan by COVID-19

Yoshiharu Uno, Office Uno Column

In Japan, several doctors and nurses have been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19. That's because COVID-19 testing was limited in Japan. For this reason, hospitals visited by patients with fever are considered high-risk spots for COVID-19 infection. What is happening in Japan now?

The patient stopped coming to the hospital.

The Japanese stopped coming to the hospital for all mild symptoms, not just fever and cough symptoms. If this phenomenon continues, the income of many hospitals will decrease. And many private hospitals will go bankrupt.