Govt. To Study How Often Hospitals Refuse Patients
Japan's government plans to investigate reports that many hospitals are refusing to admit people suspected of having the coronavirus.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency will survey 52 fire departments in Tokyo and other big cities. The survey will ask them how many times their ambulances have been turned away by four or more hospitals.
Paramedics have reported struggling to find hospitals that will take patients with fever or labored breathing out of fear they could be infected with the coronavirus.
The survey is the first of its kind by the agency.
