A nursing care worker who left a patient in a hot tub was arrested...77% of the body burns
Oct 02, 2025
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According to Japanese media, including MBS, a 38-year-old man working at a nursing home in Osaka City is accused of placing a patient in his 70s in a bath tub filled with hot water, causing burns and death. A was dispatched through an intermediary, not a formal employee, and it was the second day of his work.
The patient was known to have been helped by a guardian because one side of his body was paralyzed.
The patient who was transferred to the hospital died on the 25th, three weeks after receiving treatment.
As a result of autopsy, about 77% of the dead patient's body was burned, and the cause of death was sepsis caused by burns.
According to police investigations, the temperature of the water was over 50 degrees at the time, and the patient was estimated to have taken a bath for several minutes.
A is said to have put a patient in a hot bath and worked in another place.
In the course of the investigation, A thought that the water temperature was appropriately adjusted"There was no intention to injure or kill him at all," he said.
The police plan to continue further investigation.
We deeply apologize to the victims and their bereaved families, the nursing home said. "We will try to prevent this from happening again."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
