Medical malpractice investigation not conducted More than 110 investigation requests from bereaved families in the past 5 years

Medical malpractice investigation not conducted More than 110 investigation requests from bereaved families in the past 5 years November 24, 18:09

In the past five years, there have been 110 cases in which the bereaved family and others requested an investigation through a third-party organization without conducting an investigation under the "Medical Accident Investigation System," which obliged medical institutions that had fatal accidents to investigate the cause. It turned out that it exceeded.

A third-party institution states that "medical institutions need to provide polite explanations so that patients can understand the risks."

Under the "Medical Accident Investigation System" that started in October 2015, all medical institutions should be notified of the death of a patient due to a medical accident to the "Japan Medical Safety Investigation Organization", a third-party organization. We are obliged to investigate the cause.

On the other hand, it is only applicable when the medical institution does not anticipate death, and it is up to the medical institution to investigate.

According to the Organization, there were 115 cases in the five years up to September, when the medical institution did not investigate and the bereaved family requested that they "investigate" and told the medical institution. about it.

Mr. Isosuke Kimura, Managing Director of the Japan Medical Safety Research Organization, said, "Since the system was started on the premise that medical institutions will respond firmly, it is necessary for medical institutions to respond more, such as giving detailed explanations so that patients can understand the risks. There is. "

Bereaved family "Lessons learned from the death of a daughter to prevent recurrence"

This is Yasuko Kanasaka (60) who requested a survey through the Organization in September.

Maki, the eldest daughter who underwent cerebrovascular surgery at a hospital in Kansai, fell into a coma and died at the age of 21.

The hospital explained that "the case was expected to die and is not covered by the system," while Mr. Kanasaka requested that the details of the death be clarified in order to prevent recurrence. I have.

Mr. Kanasaka said, "I was really shocked and wanted to know what happened. I really want to learn from my daughter's death and connect it to the next."