My hospital plays a part in the emergency medical service in my city. It's open to the public for 24 hours on one of eight days. Lots of people come and see doctors on this day, and some of them are hospitalized.
Now, there is an issue on accommodation. We have to have some stable or chronic state patients leave hospital in order to newly undertake emergency cases under the limitation of the number of beds. For instance, most CVA (Cerebral Vascular Accident; infarction, bleeding etc) patients are likely to become feeble and are sometimes in a vegetative state. Though these patients should be transferred to nursing homes to keep the function of emergency hospitals normal, troublingly there aren't enough facilities. This problem is getting more and more serious day by day.
(Vocabulary)
an aging population 人口の高齢化
play a part in the international effort led by the United States
アメリカ主導のその国際的努力の一端を担う
vegetative (人の) 植物状態の
a vegetative state 植物状態
instance [C] (出来事の) 例, 事例, 実例
instances of discrimination 人種差別の実例
for instance 例えば
troubling 心配な, 悩ましい
troublingly 困ったことに
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