According to a national census, there were 327 children nationwide who were hospitalized due to abuse and could not be discharged due to lack of acceptance even if they no longer needed treatment.
Experts point out that "hospitals are not a good environment for children to grow up, and they need support for their parents and the creation of saucers."
As a subsidized project of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, a group of doctors and others conducted a survey of 943 medical institutions nationwide with pediatric beds, and received responses from 351 locations.
According to this, 1901 children were hospitalized due to being abused, and 17% of them, 327, were unable to be discharged due to lack of acceptance even if they no longer needed treatment. I understand.
This is 72 people, a decrease of 5 points from the previous survey conducted for the first time three years ago, but the serious situation of lack of saucers still continues.
The period during which the
patient
could not be discharged was
▽ less than 8 days, which was the most frequent at 54%,
▽ 6 months to less than 1 year was 4%
▽ 1 year or more was 4%, and in some cases it was long-term.
Looking at the children who could not be discharged for 2 weeks or more by age,
▽ 0 years old 52%
▽ 1 year old and under 3 years old 11%
▽ 3 years old and under 6 years old 12%, under 6 years old 80% of the total Occupies nearby.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "I think long-term hospitalization is not desirable from the perspective of protecting children's rights. I would like to work with related organizations to adjust the nursing environment and saucer."
Doctors surveyed "The reality may be more"
Dr. Yuko Ishizaki of Kansai Medical University Medical Center, who conducted the survey, said, "The number of medical institutions that responded to the previous survey due to corona sickness is decreasing, and the actual situation may be more. Hospitals allow children to live emotionally. It is not a place, it is not preferable for growth. Also, if a person who does not need medical treatment due to corona sickness fills the bed, the life that can be saved will not be saved, so enhancement of services to support the saucer and parents such as infant hospitals I need it. "
I couldn't leave the hospital and spent most of the day in bed alone
Dr. Tomoko Maruyama of the Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka General Medical Center, who has accepted abused children, said that there was no year when the number of children who could not be discharged became zero, and recently it has been troublesome at home. He says that more and more children with symptoms that can be seen continue to be hospitalized.
Dr. Maruyama said, "For example, even a small amount of care is difficult for parents to do due to problems with their breastfeeding ability and family environment, and they continue to be hospitalized. I feel that there are an increasing number of cases where it is difficult to breastfeed while devising. "
Children who cannot be discharged are said to spend most of the day alone in bed.
"I only have an environment where I can move in and around the bed. I feel like I'm trapped in a bed. The hospital isn't an environment where I can move around on the floor, so I'm interested in various things and touching them. I can't do it. I don't work on something with other children or adults, and I don't eat rice with them. "
Accepting hospital "Someday it will go bankrupt"
It is difficult for one medical institution to undertake for a long period of time, and there are cases where hospitalization is repeated at multiple medical institutions, so I complain that the site is in a state of marginal condition.
Dr. Maruyama said, "I think that not only pediatricians but everyone involved with children wants to do the best thing for their children, but in a situation where public hospitals manage to take care of it, it will eventually collapse. I'm afraid I'll end up doing it. "