Hospitals in Japan's second largest city of Osaka are on the brink of collapse due to the latest COVID-19 wave that have left health systems scrambling to find enough beds, ventilators and staff to meet the needs of an influx of patients.
Although Japan has largely avoided the massive coronavirus surges that other countries have faced, a fourth pandemic wave has overwhelmed Osaka, which has seen a fivefold jump in positive cases over recent weeks, compared to figures from three months ago. The city's coronavirus dashboard also shows that hospital beds reserved for severe symptom patients are at 83% capacity as of Monday.
Satskui Nakayama, OMPUH's nursing department head, and Yasunori Komatsu, who leads a union of regional employees, said that many frontline workers have been exhausted by the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the field just as Osaka's COVID metrics continue to rise. Minami said that it is not only doctors who are trying to keep up with the rise in hospitalizations, but also drug suppliers who are running low on crucial resources that are administered to intubated patients.
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