At a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji, Tokyo, where a nurse was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an inpatient, a lawyer supporting the patient may have been illegally restrained on the 16th. requested the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to conduct a thorough investigation.
The city will investigate whether there were any inappropriate acts.
The Metropolitan Police Department searched the hospital on the 15th for suspected assault on a patient by four nurses, including four nurses at Takiyama Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Hachioji, Tokyo. A male nurse in his 50s who was arrested on suspicion of assault for hitting was sent to the public prosecutor's office on the 16th.
In addition, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which provides guidance and supervision, also conducted on-site inspections based on the Medical Care Law and the Mental Health Welfare Law.
In response to this, on the 16th, a lawyer who supports the patient visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, and in addition to abuse such as assault, there is a possibility that illegal physical restraint was carried out without the necessary instructions from a doctor. I requested a thorough investigation.
According to the Mental Health and Welfare Law,
▽For the patient's safety, if physical restraint is unavoidable, a doctor's instruction is required
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Keisuke Aihara, a lawyer who supports the patient, said that the doctor's instructions could not be confirmed from the patient's medical record, which showed the patient being restrained, and said, ``It is possible that illegal restraints were being carried out on a daily basis. I would like to see proper investigation and guidance."
After confirming the content of the information provided, the metropolitan government wants to take necessary measures, and will continue to investigate whether there were any inappropriate acts through interviews with staff, including the hospital's management system. I'm here.
Takiyama Hospital commented, "We cannot answer the facts at this stage. Regarding physical restraint, if there is an investigation by the capital, we will cooperate."
The image confirmation of the restraint was also "doctor's instruction record could not be confirmed"
Images obtained by NHK, taken inside a hospital ward, show patients lying down at night before going to bed with their wrists tied with something like a long piece of cloth and being restrained on a bed.
Also, my legs were tied to the bed as well.
When the lawyer supporting this patient requested the disclosure of the chart, it was not possible to confirm the necessary record of the doctor's order.
Temporary physical restraint is permitted only in unavoidable cases where there is an urgency, no alternative means, and under the direction of a doctor. A lawyer is asking the capital to investigate because it was confirmed that multiple hospitalized patients were restrained before going to bed.
Former hospital employee “Detained by seniors, boss acquiesces”
A former employee of Takiyama Hospital testified that detention was carried out in the hospital without knowing whether there was a doctor's order.
According to a former staff member who worked until a few years ago, at the hospital, patients were often detained at night, and the day shift staff detained them before handing them over to the night shift staff.
A former staff member said, ``At other hospitals, there is a check sheet when a patient is restrained, and the doctor's instructions are written on the medical record from what time and for what reason. I was detained at the request of my seniors. My superiors also acquiesced because there was no other way because the patients were too noisy."