"I poked him in the eye that would hurt the most to relieve stress"... Former Sayo Hospital Nurse Indicted for Prosecution
September 15, 2010, 11:17 AM
In connection with the incident in which six inpatients at Sayo Kyoritsu Hospital in Sayo Town, Hyogo Prefecture, suffered broken ribs, the Hyogo Prefectural Police First Investigation Division and Sayo Police Station indicted former nurse Sayuri Hamuro (26, Japanese female), currently on trial, on suspicion of assault for allegedly poking another inpatient in the eye with a ballpoint pen on September 15, 2010. Hamuro reportedly admitted to the charges, saying, "I poked him in the eye that would hurt the most to relieve frustration."
The additional charges allege that at around 8:00 PM on September 21, 2008, the suspect poked a hospitalized male patient (then 80 years old) in the right eye with a ballpoint pen and then punched him, causing injuries including a lacerated conjunctiva.
According to the Hyogo Prefectural Police, the patient was bedridden and unable to communicate. Since December 2008, the hospital has seen a series of elderly inpatients with broken ribs. When investigators examined their medical records, they discovered six patients with eye injuries. The prefectural police only filed charges in one of those cases.
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A female nurse was arrested for breaking an elderly patient's ribs at a hospital in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture.
"I poked him in the eye, which seemed to hurt the most, to relieve stress"... Former Sayo Hospital nurse indicted for further prosecution - MSN Sankei News
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/100915/crm1009151118008-n1.htm
I've lived in the Japanese village for a long time, so I'm not surprised by something like this at all. I just think, "Oh... again?" At the same time, I also think, "I'm getting old and don't have much time left, so I'll probably be treated the same way and killed by the Japanese Cockroach in the near future."
I'm sure there are many Japanese people who feel the same way.
Crimes of this magnitude are likely rampant in medical institutions, nursing homes, schools, and prisons throughout Japan, but in this case, the nurse "went a little too far." Even though numerous elderly victims of this brutal abuse have been uncovered, only one case has been prosecuted.
In Japan, killing one or two people would go undetected, and the police probably wouldn't take it seriously. If you punch some cockroaches a couple of times, pinch them, kick them, or throw them down, it won't become public knowledge.
