IAEA and HICARE in joint effort for victims of radiation
Aug. 9, 2010
by Kei Kinugawa, Staff Writer
On August 6, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), an organization formed by Hiroshima Prefecture, the City of Hiroshima, and other entities, signed and exchanged memorandums of understanding for a joint effort to provide medical care for those suffering from radiation exposure. The ceremony was held at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital.
Yukiya Amano, the director general of the IAEA, and Hiroo Dohy, president of both the hospital and HICARE, signed the agreement in the presence of Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki and others.
The IAEA and HICARE will work together in such areas as the nurturing of human resources through the training of doctors and researchers, joint research on the effects of radiation on the human body, seminars and conferences to share knowledge, and the exchange of information on treating those exposed to radiation in the event of an emergency.
At a press conference after the signing, Mr. Amano stressed that the joint effort has great significance in that it will make good use of the experience that has accumulated in Hiroshima with regard to medical care for A-bomb survivors, first by nurturing personnel in preparation for treating those exposed to radiation. "In collaboration with the IAEA," said Mr. Dohy, "we would like to expand our contributions to the world."
Mr. Amano attended the Peace Memorial Ceremony on the morning of August 6. After the ceremony, he visited the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), and Hiroshima University's Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, organizations that both have ties to HICARE.
(Originally published on August 7, 2010)
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On August 6, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), an organization formed by Hiroshima Prefecture, the City of Hiroshima, and other entities, signed and exchanged memorandums of understanding for a joint effort to provide medical care for those suffering from radiation exposure. The ceremony was held at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital.
Yukiya Amano, the director general of the IAEA, and Hiroo Dohy, president of both the hospital and HICARE, signed the agreement in the presence of Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki and others.
The IAEA and HICARE will work together in such areas as the nurturing of human resources through the training of doctors and researchers, joint research on the effects of radiation on the human body, seminars and conferences to share knowledge, and the exchange of information on treating those exposed to radiation in the event of an emergency.
At a press conference after the signing, Mr. Amano stressed that the joint effort has great significance in that it will make good use of the experience that has accumulated in Hiroshima with regard to medical care for A-bomb survivors, first by nurturing personnel in preparation for treating those exposed to radiation. "In collaboration with the IAEA," said Mr. Dohy, "we would like to expand our contributions to the world."
Mr. Amano attended the Peace Memorial Ceremony on the morning of August 6. After the ceremony, he visited the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), and Hiroshima University's Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, organizations that both have ties to HICARE.
(Originally published on August 7, 2010)
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IAEA and HICARE join hands for medical care of the radiation-exposed (July 20, 2010)
