Sunday May 27, 2012

It is difficult for us to secure any more beds. We have no choice but to ask hospitals to urge patients with other diseases to leave hospitals earlier than planned.

Tatsuya Miyazato, chief of the Okinawa prefectural government’s health section. Municipalities across the nation are worried about whether they will have enough hospital beds and if medical systems can cope with the influx of people expected to be hospitalized with the new flu if the virus’ spread peaks in October. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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    moonbeams

    How about some reform in the system instead of trying to milk the government insurance program by long, unnecessary hospitalizations? Doing so will free up plenty of beds.

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    shinjukuboy

    Another result of SOCIALIZED medicine?

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