Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital ordered compensation for more than 15 million yen Tokyo District Court June 4, 15:34
Six years ago, a 43-year-old woman who had been treated for a brain tumor at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital died in a trial filed by a bereaved family who was suspected to have been given a large amount of medicine. He ordered the hospital to pay more than 15 million yen, saying that there was a negligence in not keeping the amount of medicine.
Hiromi Nagahama (43 years old) who had been treated for a brain tumor at the Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo in 2014 (43 years old at the time) developed dizziness and lightheadedness symptoms, and was administered an antiepileptic drug. He died of a serious skin disorder that seems to be a side effect.
Mr. Nagahama's husband and parents said that he was given a drug that greatly exceeded the prescribed amount of death and that he did not explain the risk in advance, and he paid about 43 million yen to the doctor and the university. I asked.
In a ruling on the 4th, the Tokyo District Court President Tetsuji Sato said, ``The drug package insert says that the amount should be gradually increased to prevent side effects such as severe skin disorders, There is a negligence that we did not protect."
In addition, he ordered the hospital to pay about 15.5 million yen, saying that there was a violation of accountability that did not explain in advance the possibility of serious side effects.