A seminar was held on the night of the 18th to learn about safety measures for people engaged in home medical care, one year after the incident in which three people, including a visiting doctor, were killed and injured at a house in Fujimino City, Saitama Prefecture. He was taken.
This seminar was held online by the prefecture in response to an incident in January last year in which a visiting doctor was shot by a patient's family with a shotgun at a house in Fujimino City and died, and two people were injured. .
At the seminar, lecturer Hirosho Hamakawa, who consults with medical institutions, looked back on past incidents in which doctors and nurses were victimized, and said, "We are in an era where we need to take measures not only for individuals but also for organizations. '' he pointed out.
After that, it is necessary to clarify in the contract etc. how much the patient's and family's requests can be met, and if the limit is exceeded, it is necessary for the supervisor to make a request at an early stage.
In addition, for strong complaints, we introduced countermeasures such as responding to multiple people, recording the exchange, and sitting on the side of the doorway during the discussion.
Last month, the prefecture set up a consultation desk specializing in violence and harassment related to home medical care, and Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa, chief of the prefecture's medical maintenance division, said, "I want to do my best to create a system where people engaged in home medical care can work safely. I was talking.