Regarding a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji City, Tokyo, where a nurse assaulted an inpatient, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to issue an improvement order in the near future, citing that the hospital's management system was inadequate and the abuse could not be detected at an early stage.
At Takiyama Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji City, Tokyo, several nurses were arrested last year for assaulting inpatients.
In response to the incident, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which provides guidance to hospitals, conducted four on-site inspections, interviewed hospital officials, and conducted surveys of staff.
According to the person concerned, the director, who is the hospital administrator, admitted that there was abuse in response to the interview.
The survey also revealed that several staff responded that they had seen or heard of abuse taking place.
Despite the abuse, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said that the hospital's management system was inadequate and it was not possible to grasp it at an early stage, and soon decided to issue an improvement order to the hospital in accordance with the law.
Since the hospital has indicated its intention to proceed with efforts to improve the situation, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to request the submission of a plan to take specific measures to prevent recurrence.
History of Takiyama Hospital
At Takiyama Hospital, a male nurse in his 50s was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of assault in February for hitting an inpatient on the head, and the hospital was also searched.
Since then, two nurses have been arrested for assaulting patients.
In a video shot inside the hospital obtained by NHK, a person believed to be a medical staff member is shown hitting a patient lying in bed on the head after shouting, "Don't talk."
Other recordings include another staff member repeatedly holding a patient's head down on the bed, and another staff member tapping a patient in the face with a pillow while calling it "noisy."
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which provides guidance to hospitals, has conducted on-site inspections four times, including unannounced inspections, interviewed staff and patients, and conducted questionnaire surveys of staff to clarify the actual situation.