Patient Dies, Two Critical after Injections at Hospital near Tokyo

A male leukemia patient between 10 and 19 died and two other young male patients are unconscious after spinal injections of anticancer drugs at a hospital in the city of Saitama, near Tokyo, hospital officials have said. The Saitama Prefectural Children’s Medical Center is consulting police in view of the possibility that the incident resulted from a criminal or accidental cause, the officials said Wednesday. Of the three patients, one died in February, while a boy under 10 and the other patient, who is between 10 and 19, are in critical condition. Episode notes: ‘Patient Dies, 2 Critical after Injections at Hospital near Tokyo': https://barrierfreejapan.com/2026/03/12/patient-dies-2-critical-after-injections-at-hospital-near-tokyo/