A nurse assaulted an inpatient at a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji City, Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to issue an improvement order in the near future.
It cited that the hospital's management system was inadequate and the abuse could not be detected at an early stage. A video shot inside the hospital shows a person believed to be a medical staff member hitting a patient lying in bed on the head after shouting, "Don't talk" The government conducted on-site inspections, interviewed staff and patients, and conducted questionnaire surveys of staff to clarify the actual situation.