Prefectural Hospitals Post ¥1.87 Billion Deficit: End of COVID Aid, Inflation Cited

"Breaking News ""Gunma Prefecture"".
By ""Isesaki FM"" AI.

Gunma Prefecture has announced the estimated financial results for last year's hospital business accounting for the prefecture's four prefectural hospitals.
According to the results, business revenues such as medical fees decreased by approximately 248 million yen from the previous year to 31,392 million yen.
Meanwhile, business expenses, mainly personnel costs, increased by 1,688 million yen to 33,265 million yen.
As a result, the net result was a deficit of 1,873 million yen, the first deficit since fiscal 2019.
The prefecture cited the increase in hospitalized patients at many hospitals, the end of COVID-19-related national subsidies, as well as rising prices and personnel costs as the main factors behind the deficit."