The man was living alone in the city of Kuki, a city north of Tokyo. He had a difficulty breathing reason why he called an ambulance. Paramedics rushed to his house to help the man but they were refused by all 25 hospitals in the area saying that they could not accept the man because of lack of doctors or any beds. According to the local city official, some institutions were contact once to help the patient but still refused.
The ambulance decided to have a 20 minute drive to a hospital in neighboring Ibaraki, but the man was pronounced dead after arrival. The cause of death wasn't announced in public. According to paramedics, they never experienced a man being rejected multiple times. The official said that the city where the man lived needs to improve their emergency room capacity.
This happens because of the population of the people living longer in Japan but with a fewer young people who are entering healthcare, and this could become increasingly strained in the coming decades.
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