A nurse who has admitted breaking the bones of six patients because she felt "irritated" has been arrested.
"I was irritated over my work relationships," the nurse was quoted as telling investigators.
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'Irritated' nurse admits breaking bones of 6 patients in Hyogo hospital
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Hospital director, doctor arrested over botched operation
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A hospital director and a doctor were arrested Saturday over a fatal operation on a man in 2006.
Kyushu Mayor calls for pruning and weeding out the weak of society
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Shinichi Takehara, the 50-year-old mayor of the Kagoshima city of Akune, who posted an entry on his blog blaming modern medicine for failing to weed out the weak, later stated in an address that "in order to establish a vibrant society, we need to delve into the definition of life. Unless we prune it back, our whole society could be ruined."
Nut left in man's heart didn't kill him: doctors
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Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture has said that doctors accidentally left a metal nut inside the heart of a patient who underwent surgery last month, but denied any linkage to the man's death soon after the operation.
"A nut was left by our mistake, but there is no causal linkage to the death," a hospital official claimed.
UN: Japan 10th Place and Falling in World Human Development Index
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The latest issue of the annual UN Human Development Index (HDI) from the UN Development Program shows Japan in 10th place in the world. Japan’s place amongst the developed nations of the world has been falling over the last 20 years.
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H1N1 Flu-Vaccine Trials Underline Trouble Getting Drugs into Japan
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Apparently there is a massive world-wide pandemic heading our way courtesy of the H1N1 ’swine’ fly virus. So say WHO and a number of other organizations, including most notably the government and media. But you wouldn’t know it to look at the actions that are not taking place.
Read more »Japanese Health Care: No Utopia
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Blaine Harden had an article in the Washington Post yesterday, which focuses on health care in Japan. It is an attempt to be balanced, but I feel that it relies a little too much on anecdotes, and misses some very significant points. There are at least three major problems that I have with the article, just off the top of my head.
Read more »Japanese Health Care is Successful but May Not Be Sustainable
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This article profiles Japan's system and highlights many of the pros and cons (for a US audience debating its own system).
A few highlights from the article:
Most Japanese fear inability to pay large medical bills
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The number of people in Japan who are concerned that they will not be able to pay their medical bills in case of serious illness has jumped dramatically in the past two years, according to a recent survey.
The survey revealed that 86.2 percent of respondents were either "very worried" or "somewhat worried" about their ability to pay major medical expenses, a 13.5 point hike from 2007.
