Turn on the faucet and find a worm in my cup... Shinshu University Hospital
Yomiuri Shimbun, September 17 (Fri), 10:00 AM
On September 16, 2010, Shinshu University Hospital (Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture) revealed that a type of earthworm, the earthworm Erythrion elegans, had been found in the tap water in its ward. The cause is unknown, and no health problems have been reported.
According to the hospital, on the afternoon of September 14 of that year, a patient who had poured tap water into a glass contacted the hospital, reporting that there was a worm measuring 2-3 mm in size.
The hospital provided bottled water to patients for drinking and is currently cleaning the water tank on the rooftop floor.
Turn on the faucet and find a worm in your cup... Shinshu University Hospital (Yomiuri Shimbun) - Yahoo! News
Last updated: September 17, 2010 (Friday), 10:00 AM
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If someone unfamiliar with "Japan" or "Japanese people" reads this news, they might think, "This university hospital must be a terrible place." But the opposite is true.
Maybe some patients gulped down juice containing worms. Other hospitalized patients may have eaten worm-filled curry or worm dumplings.
However, since there were no health problems and the patients didn't cause a fuss, it should have been easy to quietly resolve the situation and put an end to it.
In a collective organization made up entirely of Japanese people, most inconvenient information is suppressed, and all "Japanese" remain silent.
Despite this, this university hospital was willing to disclose such a minor "incident" to the media, so perhaps it can be said that it has a fair spirit.
As we all know, one of the most effective ways to prevent the recurrence of "scandals" is through information disclosure.
Most of Japan's national university hospitals have old buildings and equipment. I once visited the Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital, and when I saw the "manufacturing date" on the machinery, I was shocked and a little scared by how old it was.
Like an apartment building, the water supply in a hospital building is designed to use electricity to pump water to a rooftop water tank, ensure a certain amount, and then let it fall into the pipes using gravity. Newer buildings sometimes have systems that deliver water directly from ground-level taps to each floor's faucets, but for now, most high-rise buildings and other structures in Japan use water supply systems that drop water from a rooftop water tank down to the ground. Maintenance such as cleaning the tank and checking the water quality is important, but there are likely some contractors who just take the money and neglect their work.
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