Why Increasing Critical Care Beds, Medical Reserve

It is very necessary and urgent to increase resources for critical care treatment. The current Omicron variant is highly contagious and spreads quickly, especially in a very short period of time, causing aggregated outbreaks or even larger scale outbreaks. We have now seen the occurrence and growing scale of aggregated outbreaks in various provinces. China is a large country with a population of 1.4 billion, with a large elderly population and many people with underlying diseases. The elderly as well as people with underlying diseases are vulnerable people prone to serious illnesses. Among the critically ill patients, on the one hand, there are severe cases caused by the new coronavirus, and on the other hand, there is a large proportion due to underlying diseases superimposed on the new coronavirus infection, which also requires multidisciplinary treatment. Therefore, it is very necessary to strengthen the reserve of critical care strength, especially the multidisciplinary integrated capacity.