Possibility of hospitalized patient's death due to accident
Ototoshi, a 72-year-old man who was admitted to a hospital in Neyagawa City, Osaka, may have died in a bathing accident, but the doctor did not report it to the police, and the body It turns out that the cause of death was diagnosed illegally without examining the details.
A man who was admitted with pulmonary tuberculosis at the Osaka Prefectural Tuberculosis Prevention Society Osaka Hospital in Neyagawa City, Osaka, was found a 72-year-old man in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest in a bathroom tub and later confirmed dead by a doctor it was done.
This man is suspected of having dementia, and when he took a bath at the hospital, the nurse decided to check for abnormalities every 10 to 15 minutes, but did he notice that the man was bathing that day No one has confirmed it.
According to the Doctoral Law, if there is a suspicion of an accidental death, the doctor must notify the police within 24 hours, but it did not.
In addition, when diagnosing a man's death, it was necessary to examine the medical records and corpses in detail. It means that.
It means that the man was unaccompanied and then the body was handed over to a funeral company.
Takafumi Yamamoto, the director of the hospital, commented, “We believe that the response was insufficient at the time. We are currently working on organizational improvements.”