Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association establishes new exhibit for communicating A-bombing through medical records
Aug. 5, 2022
by Junji Akechi, Staff Writer
On August 4, the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association opened a new “A-bomb Records Exhibit” on the first floor of its building, located in the city’s Higashi Ward. The exhibit is designed for the display of medical records, including medical charts of patients examined by physicians immediately after the atomic bombing. Sixteen people, including those who provided information and materials, attended the commemorative event and pledged to pass on the memories of those who provided medical care to atomic bomb survivors.
“The physicians who came before us provided medical treatment to A-bomb survivors despite their own injuries from the atomic bombing, and in that way, they represent the starting point for the post-bombing Hiroshima’s physicians,” said Makoto Matsumura, chair of the medical association, in his address at the exhibit space. He added, “I want to communicate how the physicians and other medical care workers dealt with the atomic bombing.” Mr. Matsumura cut the ribbon to open the exhibit together with Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui, Hiroshima University President Mitsuo Ochi, and other ceremony participants.
The exhibit includes medical charts and death certificates written immediately after the atomic bombing, as well as A-bombed roof tiles. Six panels explaining the devastation caused by the atomic bombing are also on display. The exhibit is open to the public free-of-charge from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every weekday. Takashi Takiguchi, 80, a physician from Hiroshima’s Naka Ward who donated medical records left behind by his grandfather, a private-practice physician in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, expressed his hopes for the exhibit. “I hope visitors learn about the work of physicians who devoted themselves to saving the lives of patients suffering from unknown causes,” said Mr. Takiguchi.
(Originally published on August 5, 2022)
On August 4, the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association opened a new “A-bomb Records Exhibit” on the first floor of its building, located in the city’s Higashi Ward. The exhibit is designed for the display of medical records, including medical charts of patients examined by physicians immediately after the atomic bombing. Sixteen people, including those who provided information and materials, attended the commemorative event and pledged to pass on the memories of those who provided medical care to atomic bomb survivors.
“The physicians who came before us provided medical treatment to A-bomb survivors despite their own injuries from the atomic bombing, and in that way, they represent the starting point for the post-bombing Hiroshima’s physicians,” said Makoto Matsumura, chair of the medical association, in his address at the exhibit space. He added, “I want to communicate how the physicians and other medical care workers dealt with the atomic bombing.” Mr. Matsumura cut the ribbon to open the exhibit together with Hiroshima City Mayor Kazumi Matsui, Hiroshima University President Mitsuo Ochi, and other ceremony participants.
The exhibit includes medical charts and death certificates written immediately after the atomic bombing, as well as A-bombed roof tiles. Six panels explaining the devastation caused by the atomic bombing are also on display. The exhibit is open to the public free-of-charge from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every weekday. Takashi Takiguchi, 80, a physician from Hiroshima’s Naka Ward who donated medical records left behind by his grandfather, a private-practice physician in Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, expressed his hopes for the exhibit. “I hope visitors learn about the work of physicians who devoted themselves to saving the lives of patients suffering from unknown causes,” said Mr. Takiguchi.
(Originally published on August 5, 2022)
