Shizuteru Usui, doctor who devoted himself to the medical care of A-bomb survivors, dies at 74
May 10, 2012
Shizuteru Usui, president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association and the Japan Chapter of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), died of esophagus cancer at Hiroshima University Hospital in Minami Ward, Hiroshima at 4:45 a.m. on May 9. He was 74. The Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association and the Hiroshima City Medical Association will hold a memorial gathering at a hotel in Hiroshima on June 9.
Dr. Usui experienced the atomic bombing near his home in the Ushita-honmachi district, 2.3 kilometers northeast of the hypocenter, at the age of eight. In addition to his other efforts, he was involved in promoting the medical care of A-bomb survivors overseas. He paid visits to North America and South America, where he performed health checkups for the A-bomb survivors residing in those areas, and he assisted survivors abroad in traveling to Japan to receive medical care. In October of last year, he visited North Korea and met with A-bomb survivors there.
At the end of April, Dr. Usui was elected president of the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), which is comprised of Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima City, and other entities. He was scheduled to greet doctors from around the world at the IPPNW World Congress, to be held in Hiroshima in August.
(Originally published on May 10, 2012)
Dr. Usui experienced the atomic bombing near his home in the Ushita-honmachi district, 2.3 kilometers northeast of the hypocenter, at the age of eight. In addition to his other efforts, he was involved in promoting the medical care of A-bomb survivors overseas. He paid visits to North America and South America, where he performed health checkups for the A-bomb survivors residing in those areas, and he assisted survivors abroad in traveling to Japan to receive medical care. In October of last year, he visited North Korea and met with A-bomb survivors there.
At the end of April, Dr. Usui was elected president of the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), which is comprised of Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima City, and other entities. He was scheduled to greet doctors from around the world at the IPPNW World Congress, to be held in Hiroshima in August.
(Originally published on May 10, 2012)
