SAN FRANCISCO: With Japan becoming a super-aging society, the current state of the emergency and critical care system has come under constant review. Although the main point is to save lives, there are increasing efforts to help the elderly continue to live in areas they are familiar with until the end of their lives.
A call center at Heisei Tateishi Hospital in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, was contacted by a doctor who runs a clinic in the ward.
“I have a 71-year-old man with pneumonia. He has been bedridden after suffering a cerebral stroke. I’d like to have him hospitalized. Could you send an ambulance?” the doctor said…