Tokyo Hospital approved surgeon's proposal to stop dialysis for non-terminal kidney disease patients

The director of a hospital in Fussa, Tokyo, where a woman with a kidney ailment died after a surgeon discontinued dialysis on her with her consent, has admitted that he approved the surgeon's proposal to stop such treatment.

"In ordinary medical practices, doctors offer various options for treatment," Takeshi Matsuyama, head of Fussa Hospital in the western Tokyo city of Fussa, said in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun.

Website links:
https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/03/09/20-nonterminally-ill-patients-died-after-hospital-didnt-carry-out-dialysis-treatment/

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2019/03/12/hospital-head-approved-surgeons-proposal-to-stop-dialysis-for-kidney-disease-patients/