A video tweeted by the Aichi prefectural federation of unions for those in the medical and elderly care sectors (Yo Noguchi)
For medical care professionals working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a request for 500 nurses to be on hand for the Tokyo Olympics this summer was the last straw.
The request to the Japanese Nursing Association (JNA) by the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee met with a swift response.
The Japan Federation of Medical Worker’s Unions (Iroren) released a statement April 30 demanding an immediate review of the request.
The Aichi prefectural federation of unions for those in the medical and elderly care sectors (Aichiken Iroren) tweeted its opposition to the request on April 26 and the hashtag had received more than 240,000 tweets by April 30.
Overworked Japanese nurses quitting as they face discrimination from neighbours over Covid
Nurses from over 20 per cent of Japanese hospitals handling coronavirus have resigned citing abuse and discrimination
24 December 2020 • 3:57pm
Nurses from over 20 per cent of Japanese hospitals handling coronavirus have resigned citing abuse and discrimination
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Nurses resigned from more than 20 percent of the Japanese hospitals designated to handle coronavirus cases in the first seven months of the pandemic, with the majority leaving due to abuse and discrimination from people around them.
A study by the Japan Nursing Association has found that nurses across the nation are also leaving the profession due to the excessive demands of work as a result of the pandemic, as well as the risk of infection.
Nurses treat a COVID-19 patient with serious symptoms on Dec. 11. (Provided by Kindai University Hospital)
Nurses have quit their jobs at 21 percent of hospitals that accept COVID-19 patients mainly because of changing labor conditions, infection risks and discrimination stemming from their work, a survey showed Dec. 22.
“The biggest wave of COVID-19 is raging now, so the mental and physical fatigue is reaching a peak among nurses,” said Toshiko Fukui, head of the Japanese Nursing Association (JNA), which conducted the survey.
The survey covered nursing directors at 8,300 hospitals across the nation in September, as well as 38,000 nurses. The JNA received valid responses from 2,765 hospitals, or 34 percent of the total contacted.
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Medical staff take care of COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Tokyo. A survey showed that 15% of hospitals in Japan are seeing nurses quit because of a worsening working environment and discriminatory remarks made against them. | TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY / VIA KYODO
Kyodo Dec 23, 2020
More than 15% of hospitals saw nurses and assistant nurses quit, giving as reasons changes in their work environment and the risk of COVID-19 infection, according to a survey released by the Japanese Nursing Association on Tuesday.