Chiba Ichihara Infant death expert "I should notify the child guidance center immediately" June 23, 19:13
k10012481171_202006231847_202006231853.mp4
On January 23, a 23-year-old mother was arrested in an apartment in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture for leaving a debilitated 10-month-old girl on the 23rd. Was done. The expert who attended as a witness pointed out that "the child counseling center should have been notified immediately", saying that the city had information that could be judged to be at high risk of abuse.
In January this year, a 10-month-old girl died in an apartment in Ichihara city, and a 23-year-old mother was arrested on the suspicion of abandonment of the chief of protection, saying that she did not eat despite being weak Regarding the incident, a kindergarten in the city reported to the city that they could not see the girl, but it is known that the city did not convey such information to child guidance centers. ..
On the 23rd, a question-and-answer session was held by the Ichihara City Council on Education and Consumer Affairs, and executives of the city were told, "I should have had a high awareness of abandoning childcare." "I think I could have saved my childhood if I took a step further. The response was inappropriate."
In addition, Professor Hiroshi Ogiso of Tokyo Management Junior College, who is familiar with the issue of abuse, attended as a reference and said, ``This is a case where we cannot help but judge that the risk of abuse was high, and we immediately notify the child guidance center to confirm safety. I should have done that."
The city will set up a third-party committee of experts and will start verification of this response next month.
After the committee, Professor Ogiso said, "There was not enough specialists to gather information such as the lack of safety confirmation for a long period of time to judge the risk of abuse. I want you to."
In addition, the director of the school that manages the kindergarten that provided information to the city, who listened to the committee, said, "I am really disappointed that the information was not utilized and the child with a future died. It is serious to the city. I would like you to make an effort to prevent recurrence."
Series of circumstances
Ichihara City dispatched a public health nurse to his home in April last year, one month after the birth of the girl, to check his health status, but the city continued to worry that his mother was unhealthy. Had decided to support.
However, even after that, I did not receive two infants' health checkups and regular immunizations, so the city's parenting support department made a home visit but was unable to meet the girl.
On January 23rd, the city officials and public health nurses visited the site again without making any promises, but the footsteps were heard from the room, but there was no reply when the doorbell was pressed, so it was lifted.
After all, for nine months, the girl died two days after her last visit to the city without ever being able to see her.
Challenges in information evaluation and cooperation with child guidance centers
Regarding this incident, it is pointed out that the urgency of the incident was not properly evaluated, despite the fact that Ichihara had received information from outside that it was suspected of being abused.
Before the incident, the kindergarten and nursery school where the girl's siblings attended said they had contacted Ichihara City, saying, "I can't see the girl when picking up."
However, the city did not consider the information as urgent.
About 10 days before the death of the girl, even at a conference with a child guidance center and police held on January 14th, it was written that "I have not been vaccinated once and I am worried about parenting". The report did not mention that the city had not been able to directly identify the girl for nine months and that there was external information regarding suspected abuse.
After the incident was discovered, the city's response to information disclosure was also a problem
In addition, the response to information disclosure in Ichihara City after the incident was discovered is also a problem.
Initially, the city did not publicly explain how the city responded to this family by receiving advice from the prefecture.
After that, I changed the policy and started explaining, but regarding the fact that information was received from the outside, at first I denied that there was "nothing at all" and said that "the series of correspondence of the city was appropriate" ..
However, after that, as a result of scrutinizing the records and the like, he admitted that the explanation was incorrect.
About this, Mayor Koide explained in a press conference that he had no intention of hiding.