10-month-old girl died 9 months undecided

10-month-old girl died 9 months 9 months without confirmation I didn't tell the child minister or police

This January, in an apartment in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, a mother was arrested for leaving a weakened 10-month-old girl abandoned. It turns out that I hadn't told the child guidance center or the police what had been going on for nine months.

Self-proclaimed, unspecified address, unemployed Risa Konishi (23) abandoned her second daughter, Sahana, who died 10 months after birth in January, despite being weakened. He was arrested on suspicion of and was sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office on the 5th.

According to Ichihara City, Sana-chan hasn't had any medical checkups or vaccinations for infants since the public health nurse visited her home in April last year, and she couldn't meet her directly even after visiting. It was that there was.

In January this year, the city reported in a document at a meeting with a child guidance center and police that "I have never been vaccinated and I am worried about parenting", but last April 9 He didn't say he hadn't been able to see the situation directly over the months.

After all, the child guidance center and the police decided that it was "not urgent", so the city decided to verify whether there were any problems with the evaluation of urgency or the provision of information to other institutions.

No medical examination or vaccination

Sahana was born in March last year as the second daughter of Suspect Konishi. One month later, on April 25, a public health nurse in the city visited his home to check his health, and as a result, he decided that he would continue to support his mother because he was worried about his mother's health. ..

On May 23, the following month, Suspect Konishi applied for a childcare consultation and was planning to visit a facility in the city but was absent. After that, Sana-chan did not receive the medical examination performed from 3 to 6 months after birth, the medical examination from 9 to 11 months after birth, and the vaccination prescribed for it.

Visited a public health nurse and died 2 days later

While I couldn't confirm the health condition of Sana-chan through medical checkups and vaccinations, the department of the city that supported child-raising also visited home, but couldn't meet Saka-chan.

Of these, when I visited the house in December, Mr. Konishi responded and although I was able to meet with my two siblings, I could not meet Sana-chan and promised to visit again. ..

However, I was told that I was going to visit and on January 21, I was contacted that I wanted to cancel.

Two days after that, on January 23, the city officials and public health nurses visited again without making an appointment to visit, but they heard the footsteps from the room but did not reply even if they pressed the doorbell. is.

Two days later, Sana passed away.

Contact child abuse department 1 month before death

It is possible that the urgency of the case was not properly evaluated in this case and was not communicated to the relevant organizations. Home visits were handled mainly by the “Child-raising Neubora Center” in Ichihara City, which supports child-raising, but the fact that she cannot see Sahana-chan is responsible for child abuse in the city. It was in December of last year, one month before my death that I was told to another department.

And the department in charge of child abuse reported about Sana's case at a meeting with a child consultation center and police on January 14, about 10 days before he died, I have not received any medical care, and I am worried about my child rearing.” I just did not report that I could not confirm the situation directly for 9 months.

In the end, the child guidance center and the police decided at this conference that it was “not urgent” and could not respond to it.

Expert “Lessons of Noda's Abuse Case are Not Taken”

In January last year, Associate Professor Hidehiro Suzuki of Nihon University, who verified the government's response to a case that died after being abused by Shinobu Kurihara who was a fourth grade elementary school student in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, He points out that the cooperation is not well done and lessons learned from the Noda City case are not being applied.

Associate professor Suzuki said at the meeting that related organizations such as children's counseling center and police did not tell that the city could not meet the girl, "There is a meeting to share necessary information between concerned people. It was a mere skeleton and there was no cooperation, and the division of roles could not be done."

In addition, “It is a problem that the city does not share the information necessary for urgent judgment, but if the report is insufficient, the related agencies such as the child guidance center will intervene more and share the information. We should have clearly defined the division of roles what the institution can do."

He added, "This case is a sad experience because the lessons learned from Noda's case have not been fully utilized. It is possible that the same cases as Noda's case may occur in the local governments that have jurisdiction over each related organization. If we do not deal with and verify it, we can not protect children.”