15% of hospitals have seen nurses quit due to COVID-19 concerns Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Medical staff take care of COVID-19 patients at a hospital in Tokyo. A survey showed that 15% of hospitals in Japan are seeing nurses quit because of a worsening working environment and discriminatory remarks made against them. | TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY / VIA KYODO Kyodo Dec 23, 2020 More than 15% of hospitals saw nurses and assistant nurses quit, giving as reasons changes in their work environment and the risk of COVID-19 infection, according to a survey released by the Japanese Nursing Association on Tuesday.