It was found that the dormitory for police officers guarding at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was renovated at a large cost to accommodate mildly ill people with the new coronavirus, and then returned to its original state without being used even once. It was.
The total cost of the renovation amounted to more than 4 billion yen, and experts point out that "the details need to be verified."
The government has set up a simple dormitory for police officers dispatched from all over the country to guard the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in Ota Ward, Tokyo, but in April last year, people with mild illness infected with the new coronavirus, etc. We carried out renovation work on four places in order to accept.
The room, which was originally a shared room, has been made into a private room, and a new space for nurses has been added, but it has never been used before.
According to the people concerned, the Olympics are approaching, so the country will start construction to restore the room from this month to use it as a dormitory for police officers.
The total cost of a series of renovations is over 4 billion yen.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government accepts people with mild illness at hotels, etc., but according to the people concerned, the priority of using police officers' dormitories was low due to the location and equipment conditions.
An executive of the National Police Agency, which manages the dormitory, said, "We made the repairs based on the government's judgment, but we are not aware of the subsequent operation policy."
Professor Shigeki Kusunoki of the Faculty of Law, Sophia University, who is familiar with public works projects, said, "While we are forced to make a quick decision due to the spread of infection, there are some parts that we cannot blame for the response at that time, but we have invested a lot of money and never used it. Detailed verification is needed. "
How did the dormitory renovate?
Since large-scale security is required at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the government initially planned to dispatch about 10,000 support police officers from all over the country, and the government has set up dedicated simple lodgings in Tokyo, Ota Ward, Koto Ward, etc. ..
However, the spread of the new coronavirus may make it difficult for hospitals to accept infected people, and the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have been postponed. I decided to use it temporarily as a medical treatment facility.
Approximately 4 billion yen was added to the supplementary budget last year, and four facilities were made into private rooms with partitions in shared rooms, as well as a new space for nurses to reside, and construction was carried out at a rapid pace. I was struck.
The government initially explained that it would allow about 800 mildly ill people to be accepted in case the number of infected people increased, but in the end it was never used.