HICARE helps doctors from Brazil, Iran learn about medical examinations for A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima
Mar. 1, 2016
Three doctors from Brazil and one from Iran began learning about medical examinations given to atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima on February 17. This training program, held at the facility of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council (Gentaikyo), is being provided by the Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-exposed (HICARE), which is comprised of the Hiroshima prefectural government, the City of Hiroshima, and other institutions.
Saeko Fujiwara, the director of Gentaikyo’s Health Management and Promotion Center, explained the history of the medical examinations for A-bomb survivors, which began in 1957. Dr. Fujiwara explained that the participation rate in the health examinations has dropped due to the advancing age of the survivors, but said that more and more survivors need medical care on a daily basis. She said, “We must consider how we can improve the quality of elderly survivors’ lives.”
Surveys conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have found that there are about 150 A-bomb survivors in Brazil. Wagner Koji Aragaki, 50, an eye doctor at Nipo-Brasileiro Hospital in Sao Paulo, said, “I have found that survivors in both Japan and Brazil face the same problems.” This training program will continue until February 27 for doctors from Brazil and February 19 for the physician from Iran.
(Originally published on February 18, 2016)
Saeko Fujiwara, the director of Gentaikyo’s Health Management and Promotion Center, explained the history of the medical examinations for A-bomb survivors, which began in 1957. Dr. Fujiwara explained that the participation rate in the health examinations has dropped due to the advancing age of the survivors, but said that more and more survivors need medical care on a daily basis. She said, “We must consider how we can improve the quality of elderly survivors’ lives.”
Surveys conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have found that there are about 150 A-bomb survivors in Brazil. Wagner Koji Aragaki, 50, an eye doctor at Nipo-Brasileiro Hospital in Sao Paulo, said, “I have found that survivors in both Japan and Brazil face the same problems.” This training program will continue until February 27 for doctors from Brazil and February 19 for the physician from Iran.
(Originally published on February 18, 2016)
