When a woman who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Hino City, Tokyo, was infected with the new coronavirus in the hospital, she was trapped in a room with a poor environment locked from the outside. A trial seeking compensation has begun, and the hospital has shown a fighting stance.
A 53-year-old woman who was hospitalized with depression at the psychiatric hospital "Nanao Hospital" in Hino City, Tokyo, is complaining about only positive patients when she was infected with the new coronavirus in the hospital last March. He claimed that he was moved to the collected Japanese-style room, locked from the outside and locked up for 10 days, and is seeking compensation of 5.5 million yen from the director of the hospital and the director of the medical corporation that operates it. ..
On the 9th, the trial began at the Tachikawa branch of the Tokyo District Court, and the hospital did not appear in court, but the submitted answer showed a stance of fighting for dismissal of the complaint.
A lawyer representing a woman said at a press conference, "This proceeding is primarily aimed at recovering women's damage, but I hope it will help encourage Japanese psychiatric care to improve as much as possible through the trial."