At a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji, Tokyo, a nurse was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an inpatient. On the 2nd, I submitted a request to the capital to promote discharge support.

Takiyama Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji City, Tokyo, was searched by the Metropolitan Police Department for suspicion that four nurses had assaulted a patient. He was arrested on suspicion of assault.



In response to the incident, about 50 people, including mental health social workers and nurses, set up a liaison group to support patients, and requested the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the 2nd to promote the discharge support for patients who are still hospitalized at Takiyama Hospital. submitted the letter.



Among them, it is said that inpatients should be promptly interviewed about their intentions to be discharged, and that measures should be taken to move them to the safest possible environment.



On top of that, as a liaison meeting, I have offered to meet and interview patients, and to cooperate with discharge support.



After receiving the request, the city wants to respond in the future.



Professor Toshio Hasegawa of Kyorin University, who is the representative of the Takiyama Hospital Discharge Support Liaison Committee, said, "There is a possibility that abuse and inappropriate care were being carried out on a daily basis in the hospital, and we will promptly respond to requests. There are many patients and welfare recipients from outside the city, so cooperation with caseworkers in each local government is also essential."

Death and discharge rate has been a problem for more than 30 years

For more than 30 years, one of the organizations participating in the Liaison Committee that submitted the request has viewed the high rate of death and discharge at Takiyama Hospital as a problem, and has asked the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the national government to investigate the cause. .



The Tokyo Regional Psychiatric Service Study Group, a citizen group made up of nurses and mental health social workers, regularly surveys and publishes the actual conditions of psychiatric hospitals in Tokyo.



In the survey, we analyzed the data obtained by requesting disclosure from the government, and in the first survey, we pointed out that the death discharge rate as of 1987 was the highest in Tokyo at 71.6% at Takiyama Hospital, and as of 2008. However, while the average death and discharge rate of hospitals in Tokyo is 3.3%, Takiyama Hospital has the highest rate of 66.5%. was



It is said that the organization regularly makes such requests to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the national government.



According to the Tokyo metropolitan government, the death and discharge rate at Takiyama Hospital in the recent month of June is


as follows


. 9 deaths, 64%


▽ In June last year, 3 out of 10 discharged patients died, or 30%.



Ms. Tomoko Kimura, a mental health social worker who has been involved in the investigation since the beginning, said, ``For more than 30 years since we started requesting freedom of information, Takiyama Hospital has continued to have a high death and discharge rate, but we have not been able to clearly understand the cause. It is possible that patients from various local governments have gathered and the connection with the community has been cut off, and they may have lost their homes."



On top of that, she said, "In addition to listening to the intentions of each patient and providing support, we should make public the materials of the government's on-site inspection of psychiatric hospitals and create a transparent environment."