It turned out that Nippon Medical School had received a correction recommendation from the Labor Standards Inspection Office after confirming that it had not paid wages to 11 graduate students who were engaged in medical treatment for at least 10 days. Was.
Doctors who are not paid for medical treatment at university hospitals are called "unpaid doctors", and it seems that this is the first time that a graduate student has been recognized as a worker.
The correction recommendation was received by Nippon Medical School in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo.
According to the lawyer of the agent and the university, an on-site investigation by the Labor Standards Inspection Office revealed that he had not paid wages to 11 graduate students who had been engaged in outpatient treatment at the attached hospital for at least 13 days from the end of October. It was confirmed that a correction recommendation was made on the 21st of this month.
At the same time, the Labor Standards Inspection Office investigated the actual conditions of medical care retroactively over the past two years, and even graduate students instructed them to scrutinize their work and pay wages if they correspond to working hours. ..
Graduate students who are not paid for research or self-study even if they are engaged in medical treatment are called "unpaid doctors", and according to a national survey, 59 universities nationwide as of September 2018. It has been confirmed that there were 2819 people according to the hospital.
The lawyer in charge said, "This recommendation is seen as the first decision in Japan to recognize graduate students as workers, and is a major step toward eliminating unpaid doctors."
On the other hand, Nippon Medical School commented to NHK's interview, "We have taken appropriate measures from this year and think that there is no problem now."