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HOSPITALS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2023
Hay fever medicine in high demand amid high pollen count
Sales of hay fever-related items such as anti-inflammatory nasal drugs more than doubled to 210% of last year's figure in the week from Feb. 27.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2023
Patients to pay for COVID-19 tests after Japan downgrades classification
The government is expected to formally adopt the plan as early as March 10 after coordinating with local authorities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2023
Two women dead after car crashes into hospital in Osaka
It is believed the two victims were passing by when the car plowed through some shrubbery near the entrance of Ikuno Aiwa Hospital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2023
Chief Cabinet secretary temporarily fills PM role as Kishida undergoes surgery
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida underwent endoscopic surgery for chronic sinusitis at a Tokyo hospital on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 8, 2023
Competition intensifies in Japan's surgical robot market
If prices fall as a result of growing competition, this may help spread the use of such robots and make them more accessible to more patients.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2023
Some fret COVID-19 downgrade is too quick, fearing more infections
Restaurants, shop operators, travel agencies and airlines welcomed the decision to reclassify the coronavirus, with some even calling it overdue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2023
Hospital given COVID-19 aid refused to accept patient, Japan auditor says
In response to the board's inquiry, one hospital explained that it had to refuse a patient for a bed because of a shortage of nurses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2023
Settlement reached in Osaka suit over malpractice involving birth ball
In the case, a pregnant woman who was in labor fell from a birthing ball and suffered a uterine rupture, resulting in the birth of a baby boy with severe disabilities who later died.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2022
Nagasaki hospital stops oral examinations after removing wrong tooth from woman
Similar incidents were confirmed to have occurred at the hospital in December 2020 and April 2021.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2022
Japan to raise childbirth allowance to ¥500,000 amid rising costs
Costs for childbirth have been rising in Japan in recent years, with the average total now exceeding the allowance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 3, 2022
Japan enacts legislation to prepare for future pandemics
Parliament has enacted legislation to take steps in preparing for future pandemics, including establishing a new rule obliging major hospitals to offer beds.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2022
Japan panel seeks clarification of primary care system after COVID issues
A health ministry panel has proposed clarifying the function of such physicians in law, after the pandemic highlighted ambiguities in the role they play in the community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 2, 2022
Blood test that spots concussions in 15 minutes makes emergency room debut
After more than a decade of research, the Abbott Laboratories test is being used for the first time in a real-world setting to evaluate patients at Tampa General Hospital in Florida.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2022
Russian hackers say Japanese hospital paid $30,000 after ransomware attack
Japanese police have been urging those targeted in ransomware attacks to not pay money demanded of them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2022
Japan to scrap health insurance cards around autumn 2024
The move comes as the government aims to increase the use of My Number cards, and digital minister Taro Kono is expected to make an announcement on the matter as early as Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2022
Japan Cabinet OKs penalizing hospitals not securing promised COVID beds
A new bill also calls for setting penalties for people entering Japan with suspected infections who fail to report their health conditions when in isolation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2022
Nursing shortage sparks bidding war as countries vie for talent
No nation is better prepared to help the world staff up its hospitals and clinics than the Philippines, the single biggest exporter of nurses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 3, 2022
Calls made for COVID victims' families to be allowed a final farewell
Families of those who died of COVID-19 are still banned from attending cremations in nine municipalities in Hiroshima, and many hospitals prevent relatives from seeing patients after death.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
On medical exchange program in Tokyo, Ukrainians both receive and give lessons
The Juntendo University training has allowed Ukrainian doctors and students to receive essential training, and they have been able to share lessons on conflict too.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2022
Japan drafts plan to punish hospitals and people for skirting pandemic rules
The government is planning to revise a related law to mandate that people suspected of having COVID-19 isolate at home.

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