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Former Aomori hospital head and doctor arrested over alleged murder coverup

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The two brothers are accused of issuing a false death certificate saying the patient died of pneumonia when he was actually killed by another patient.

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Former Aomori hospital head and doctor arrested over alleged murder coverup

The two brothers are accused of issuing a false death certificate saying the patient died of pneumonia when he was actually killed by another patient.

26 days ago·Japan

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Kyodo News+

Ex-head of Japan hospital suspected of covering up murder in hospital

A former head of a hospital in northeastern Japan and his doctor brother were sent to prosecutors on Saturday for allegedly covering up the murder of a patient by another patient in 2023, police said. Takashi Ishiyama, 61, and Tetsu Ishiyama, 60, the primary physician of the victim who was killed at Michinoku Memorial Hospital in Aomori Prefecture, were arrested Friday on suspicion of fabricating a death certificate that stated the cause of deat…

27 days ago·Japan

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Japan Today

2 doctors arrested over cover-up of patient’s murder at hospital in Aomori Prefecture

Police in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Friday arrested the former director of a hospital and another doctor on suspicion of covering up the murder of a patient by another hospitalized man in 2023. According to police, on the night of March 12, 2023, a man who was hospitalized at the…

27 days ago·Sakado, Japan

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Mainichi Shimbun

2 doctors at Japan hospital arrested for allegedly covering up patient killing roommate

AOMORI -- Two doctors at a hospital in the northeastern Japan city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, were arrested Feb. 14 for allegedly trying to conc

27 days ago·Chiyoda, Japan

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