National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen, an isolation facility for leprosy patients in southwestern Japan, had dissected the bodies of 479 patients after death, the facility said. The facility “cannot escape being accused of disrespecting he human rights,” the report said. The sanatorium also found that there was a period in which the facility made patients sign documents consenting to the dissection of their bodies after death.
Of the 49 fatalities in flood-ravaged Kumamoto, 14 were from the Senjuen nursing home near the Kuma River, which overran its banks at 11 locations and broke one levee, according to the prefectural government.
“Children in Kumamoto Prefecture are still in need of mental health care for the trauma and stress they suffered from deadly earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan prefecture in April 2016.”
“A woman in Kumamoto city is seeking damages and has given notice of her intention to file a complaint in the Kumamoto district court; having undergone surgery without having a disorder.”
“Maki said, “It is indispensable to grasp the actual situation as to what kind of support is to be considered, I would like the administration to turn more attention to the suffering of disabled people who continue to have aftereffects” ”
