[Japon] Many hospitals in Japan refusing COVID-19 patients with mental disabilities

Auteur : Kurokawa Shinji, Staff Writer de The Mainichi, City News Department.

Production : The Mainichi

Diffusion : site anglais de Mainichi shimbun, The Mainichi, Japan’s national daily since 1922

Date : 2 mars 2021

TOKYO — More than 60% of patients found to be infected with the novel coronavirus while in psychiatric hospitals in Japan could not be transferred to other medical facilities designated for COVID-19 cases, as general hospitals apparently tend to refuse them due to the perception that they are difficult to deal with, a survey has revealed.

Source : Kurokawa Shinji, « Many hospitals in Japan refusing COVID-19 patients with mental disabilities », The Mainichi, 02/03/2021. URL : https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210301/p2a/00m/0na/025000c (consulté le 02/03/2021)

Version japonaise : « コロナでも精神科から「転院できず」6割「命の選択」に危機感 », デジタル毎日, 26/02/2021. URL : https://mainichi.jp/articles/20210225/k00/00m/040/317000c (consulté le 02/03/2021)

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