Strong quake rocks Sea of Japan area

Strong quake rocks Sea of Japan area

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows a damaged road near Kanazawa Hokuryo High School in Kanazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after a strong earthquake rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

Sendai clinic reopens to outpatients following nurse's arrest

Sendai clinic reopens to outpatients following nurse's arrest

SENDAI, Japan - Ikuko Handa, head of the Hokuryo Clinic in Sendai, northern Japan, meets reporters in front of the hospitla's building on Jan. 15. The hospital reopened its doors to outpatients the same day for the first time since a nurse formerly on staff was arrested Jan. 6 for allegedly trying to kill a patient with muscle relaxant in October.

Hospital officials meet press on arrested ex-nurse

Hospital officials meet press on arrested ex-nurse

SENDAI, Japan - Noboru Nikaido (R), director of the Hokuryo Clinic hospital in Sendai, northeastern Japan, and Ikuko Handa, the hospital's vice director, meet the press at the hospital in the city's Izumi Ward on Jan. 7 after a 29-year-old male former nurse of the hospital was arrested Jan. 6 on suspicion of attempting to kill an 11-year-old patient in October by intravenously administering a muscle relaxant to her.

Sendai nurse sent to prosecutors over attempted murder

Sendai nurse sent to prosecutors over attempted murder

SENDAI, Japan - A 29-year-old male nurse, Daisuke Mori, is escorted by police officers at the Izumi Police Station in Sendai on Feb. 18 as he is sent to prosecutors on suspicion of attempting to murder a 1-year-old girl by administering her with lethal amounts of muscle relaxant via an intravenous drip. Police allege that Mori administered the drug to the girl at Hokuryo Clinic on Feb. 2 last year. The girl temporarily stopped breathing but later recovered and was discharged from the hospital. Mori has been in custody since being arrested Jan. 6 and subsequently charged with attempting to kill an 11-year-old girl Oct. 31 last year using the same method. The girl is still unconscious.

Sendai clinic reopens to outpatients following nurse's arrest

Sendai clinic reopens to outpatients following nurse's arrest

SENDAI, Japan - Ikuko Handa, head of the Hokuryo Clinic in Sendai, northern Japan, meets reporters in front of the hospitla's building on Jan. 15. The hospital reopened its doors to outpatients the same day for the first time since a nurse formerly on staff was arrested Jan. 6 for allegedly trying to kill a patient with muscle relaxant in October.

Hospital officials meet press on arrested ex-nurse

Hospital officials meet press on arrested ex-nurse

SENDAI, Japan - Noboru Nikaido (R), director of the Hokuryo Clinic hospital in Sendai, northeastern Japan, and Ikuko Handa, the hospital's vice director, meet the press at the hospital in the city's Izumi Ward on Jan. 7 after a 29-year-old male former nurse of the hospital was arrested Jan. 6 on suspicion of attempting to kill an 11-year-old patient in October by intravenously administering a muscle relaxant to her.