[Japon] ‘Serious COVID cases only’ policy for hospitals draws fire

Auteurs : Jun Tabushi, Staff Writer de The Asahi Shimbun

Production : The Asahi Shimbun

Diffusion : site anglais de Asahi shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun Asia&Japan Watch

Date : 03 août 2021

The government’s new policy of providing hospital treatment only for COVID-19 patients in serious condition or at high risk of becoming severely ill has sparked criticism that other infected people are being “abandoned.”

Source : Jun Tabushi, « ‘Serious COVID cases only’ policy for hospitals draws fire », The Asahi Shimbun, 03/08/2021. URL : https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14409902 (consulté le 03/08/2021)

Voir également :

Reiko Miki, « Japan’s overburdened COVID hospitals to take only the sickest – Daily cases in Tokyo seen topping 10,000 in late August at current rate », Nikkei Asia, 03/08/2021. URL : https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Health-Care/Japan-s-overburdened-COVID-hospitals-to-take-only-the-sickest (consulté le 03/08/2021)

« Japan advises COVID-19 patients to recuperate at home in bid to stave off medical crisis », The Japan Times, 03/08/2021. URL : https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/03/national/japan-recuperate-home-coronavirus/ (consulté le 03/08/2021)

Photo « à la une » : Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, speaks at an Aug. 2 meeting of relevant Cabinet ministers to discuss medical treatment of COVID-19 patients. (Koichi Ueda, The Asahi Shimbun)

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