This article is a continuation of ‘The midwife that killed infants – Part 3’. For this reason she was sentenced to only 8 years in prison, while Takeshi, Dr. Nakayama and his assistant Masako Kishi received 4 years imprisonment for aiding in the murders. In 1952 the couple appealed their sentences and the Tokyo Superior […]
May 9 2012 | Posted in
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This article is a continuation of ‘The midwife that killed infants – Part 2’. After performing autopsies on infants found that they had died from natural causes. Babies do not have food in their stomachs, lungs also showed signs of pneumonia and their bodies were malnourished. The researchers concluded that the death of the infants […]
May 8 2012 | Posted in
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This article is a continuation of ‘The midwife that killed infants – Part 1’. The exact number of victims is unknown, but the confirmed cases indicate that Miyuki killed at least 103 newborns. His modus operandi was to deny care to infants until they died of hunger and thirst and exhausted by the constant cries […]
May 7 2012 | Posted in
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The increased number of babies in the hospital, and lack of social services and low income of parents of babies, forced the midwife to do the unimaginable. In the early 40’s, Miyuki Ishikawa worked as director of the Kotobuki maternity hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The insane pressure Miyuki felt was left to die hundreds of […]
May 5 2012 | Posted in
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Waheeda Shah disqualified for 2 years, ECP declares elections void Islamabad: (Wednesday, March 07, 2012) Announcing its verdict here today, the Election Commission of Pakistan served Waheeda Shah a two-year disqualification and declared the elections in her constituency void. Earlier, the Election Commission had reserved its verdict over Shah slapping a presiding officer in Tando […]