President of the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors requests Hiroshima Governor Yuzaki to continue health checkups of A-bomb survivors in North America
Jun. 20, 2014
On June 16, Kaz Sueishi, 87, president of the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors and a resident of California, visited the prefectural government office and requested Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki to continue health checkups of A-bomb survivors in North America. Governor Yuzaki assured that he will continue to support the health checkups.
The Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association started conducting health checkups of A-bomb survivors in North America in 1977 and has continued dispatching a team of medical doctors every other year. Until today, 19 rounds of health checkups have been conducted. In 2003, the health checkups became a project of Hiroshima prefectural government, and since 2007, the project has been consigned by the national government. Starting from this fiscal year, the system of the health checkups in North America has been expanded so that the survivors can receive health checkups at local hospitals in the year when medical doctors are not dispatched from Hiroshima.
President Sueishi says she is grateful that the survivors can receive the health checkups every year. However, she said, “We would like the doctors from Hiroshima to examine us as they know about A-bomb survivors very well,” and requested the governor to dispatch medical doctors from Hiroshima as much as possible. Governor Yuzaki said he will discuss this matter fully with the Prefectural Medical Association.
(Originally published on June 17, 2014)
The Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association started conducting health checkups of A-bomb survivors in North America in 1977 and has continued dispatching a team of medical doctors every other year. Until today, 19 rounds of health checkups have been conducted. In 2003, the health checkups became a project of Hiroshima prefectural government, and since 2007, the project has been consigned by the national government. Starting from this fiscal year, the system of the health checkups in North America has been expanded so that the survivors can receive health checkups at local hospitals in the year when medical doctors are not dispatched from Hiroshima.
President Sueishi says she is grateful that the survivors can receive the health checkups every year. However, she said, “We would like the doctors from Hiroshima to examine us as they know about A-bomb survivors very well,” and requested the governor to dispatch medical doctors from Hiroshima as much as possible. Governor Yuzaki said he will discuss this matter fully with the Prefectural Medical Association.
(Originally published on June 17, 2014)
