The epidemic continues to heat up, and the medical capacity in Taiwan can be tight. In order to maintain the capacity of medical care and the number of hospitalized beds, Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe said that he has issued an executive order to raise the threshold for hospitalization, unless there is immediate danger or oxygen is needed. Only patients with mild symptoms can be hospitalized, and if the confirmed case is mild, it will be dealt with in the emergency outpatient clinic.
Ke Wenzhe pointed out that he hopes that the hospital can still operate normally, and the confirmed patients will be resolved outside the emergency room. The medical center has already been mobilized, and a new location for quick positive screening will also be set up, but it is not easy to arrange the personnel. Time, the three totals have extended to the night, and will be mobilized step by step.
Ke Wenzhe emphasized that the purpose of the mobilization is to keep patients with new coronary pneumonia outside the hospital and emergency room to protect the hospital’s energy. Unless oxygen is needed or the body is too poor to be hospitalized, Taipei City will increase to 1,400 beds before May 8, but still To save the use, we will increase the number of dedicated ward beds as a last resort, but we don’t want the hospital to be dealing with new coronary pneumonia patients, which will affect the situation of general patients undergoing surgery.