Japan's hospital emergency room crisis

REPORT : In the last two years 235 Japanese hospitals have shut down their emergency rooms, blaming unprofitability. As a result, those in need of emergency care sometimes don't survive.

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[hzzn]

That doesn't make any sense. How can you shut down emergency rooms. That's insane.

[FurankuCha]

Oh wow. And Japan is one of the country with the highest Life Expectancy.

[Tankweti]

In comparison to other areas of the world, let us look at sub-Saharan Africa (where I have lived in past). In general, there are private hosp & govt hosp. Private hosp only accept cash (there is no insurance). So if you cant pay, then you must go to govt hosp where care is free but very limited. In many cases, people get bloodwork out in community, are given their diagnosis & sent home to die. Again, our system here is only being sustained on govt borrowing and that cannot last forever.

[Tankweti]

I am a nurse and I can tell you that E.R.'s here are only continuing to run because of govt borrowing. Most people dont have private ins anymore, having lost their jobs. The majority of people in E.R. either have M'care, M'caid or no insurance at all in which case the hosp has to "eat the cost". Ambulances are mobile E.R.'s, which is why amb rides cost so much. It would not surprise me, current laws or not, if U.S. eventually comes to same situation as Japan

[XxLIVRAxX]

@ryukXsayu27 Not at all...in runs out of goodwill and compassion...Ill send the bill later ;)

[XxLIVRAxX]

@ybunnygurl Well I think the practice of monopolizing the term America only for an specific nationality is, at least politically speaking, questionable, considering that America is in fact a continent, it includes a wide ranges of countries and nationalities, the term "republic of the US" is a bit archaic, but it was used in the past, in fact in the pledge of allegiance includes the phrase: "and to the republic for which it stands.", the US is a Republic

[XxLIVRAxX]

@DVDluvr123 No, am saying that considering that they will be in the first line of assistance after a natural disaster occurs, they should be properly prepared, that includes using protective gear such as helmets, is just plain common sense

[ryukXsayu27]

@MrCropper Yeah, because profit-based private healthcare does not run on profit. :P

[gungasc]

Ambalance!

[ybunnygurl]

@XxLIVRAxX Your English needs some help, I think I understand what you are attempting to say but its not clear. When most Americans say America they are talking about the United States of America U.S.A. there is no Republic of the US.

[DVDluvr123]

@XxLIVRAxX So you are saying that the ambulance workers are the only people in Japan who know there might be an earthquake or other natural disaster?

[XxLIVRAxX]

@DVDluvr123 Perhaps Japanese have tighter safety policies...America has very different safety policies depending of the country...America goes from Canada to Argentina...so is not very specific what you meant..I will assume you are talking about the Republic of the US, well the US is not the stick that the rest of the world is measure upon...I consider the helmets a good precaution measure.