Medical association in Brazil pledges to work with Hiroshima Prefecture in conducting medical examinations for A-bomb survivors
Nov. 12, 2009
by Kei Kinugawa, Staff Writer
On November 9, three doctors of the Paulista Medical Association in Sao Paulo, Brazil took part in an exchange program with about 50 members of the Japan-Brazil Association of Hiroshima at a hotel in the city. The doctors pledged to cooperate with the Hiroshima Prefectural Government in conducting medical examinations for A-bomb survivors living in Brazil.
Jorge Carlos Machado Curi, 56, president of the Paulista Medical Association, said in his address, "We would like to enhance the medical care for A-bomb survivors." Speaking to Shizuteru Usui, president of the Japan-Brazil Association of Hiroshima, Mr. Curi added, "We will increase the number of hospitals from two in the state of Sao Paulo, where the medical examinations are conducted." Mr. Usui also serves as president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association.
A majority of the approximately 160 A-bomb survivors living in Brazil reside in the state of Sao Paulo. The Hiroshima Prefectural Government has been conducting medical examinations for A-bomb survivors in the state roughly every two years since 1985. The Paulista Medical Association and the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association established their ties in June 2008.
The group of doctors visited Hiroshima for three days from November 6. On November 8, they made a presentation on the swine flu for the General Assembly of the Hiroshima Medical Association held at the Hiroshima Medical Hall in Nishi Ward, saying that "The incidence of serious symptoms among pregnant women between nine and twelve weeks of pregnancy was notable." Brazil was the first nation to suffer an epidemic of this illness.
(Originally published on November 11, 2009)
On November 9, three doctors of the Paulista Medical Association in Sao Paulo, Brazil took part in an exchange program with about 50 members of the Japan-Brazil Association of Hiroshima at a hotel in the city. The doctors pledged to cooperate with the Hiroshima Prefectural Government in conducting medical examinations for A-bomb survivors living in Brazil.
Jorge Carlos Machado Curi, 56, president of the Paulista Medical Association, said in his address, "We would like to enhance the medical care for A-bomb survivors." Speaking to Shizuteru Usui, president of the Japan-Brazil Association of Hiroshima, Mr. Curi added, "We will increase the number of hospitals from two in the state of Sao Paulo, where the medical examinations are conducted." Mr. Usui also serves as president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association.
A majority of the approximately 160 A-bomb survivors living in Brazil reside in the state of Sao Paulo. The Hiroshima Prefectural Government has been conducting medical examinations for A-bomb survivors in the state roughly every two years since 1985. The Paulista Medical Association and the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association established their ties in June 2008.
The group of doctors visited Hiroshima for three days from November 6. On November 8, they made a presentation on the swine flu for the General Assembly of the Hiroshima Medical Association held at the Hiroshima Medical Hall in Nishi Ward, saying that "The incidence of serious symptoms among pregnant women between nine and twelve weeks of pregnancy was notable." Brazil was the first nation to suffer an epidemic of this illness.
(Originally published on November 11, 2009)
