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Japan - Hospitals Need Help in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima, Ibaraki prefectures

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
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Acceptance limit is disaster base hospital
13 hours 27 minutes, March 16

Disaster affected areas in the base hospital, including inpatient treatment, but has continued because it flooded many patients also have limited the acceptance of some new patients, most hospitals and pharmaceutical fully reach, making any shortage.

Miyagi earthquake and tsunami devastated by this, Iwate, Fukushima, according to the 44 core hospitals in disaster Ibaraki Prefecture, it's 4 at NHK contacted by phone, at 10 am today, at least 17 hospitals is that with some restrictions on accepting new patients. Among them, in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the hospital-based disaster 14 "Sendai Medical Center" and others are accepting only emergency patients with severe and "Red Cross Hospital, Sendai," patients with symptoms of moderate sustained minor injuries and only, accepting, accepting some restrictions to the five hospitals with more patient. Moreover, the lack of testing equipment such as drugs and medical equipment in most hospitals, due to lack of gasoline Some people, is that too many hospital staff can not commute. In Iwate prefecture, one of the 11 hospitals, "Morioka Red Cross Hospital" and perform a physical exam and limited to book an emergency patient, with some limited acceptance of the five patients in the hospital. In many hospitals, as well as drugs, and lack of gasoline and heating oil as fuel is that it can not stand to raise prospect. In Fukushima Prefecture, one of eight hospitals, "Fukushima Medical University Hospital," is only acceptable in patients with severe emergency patients and three hospitals. Meanwhile, "Minami Souma City General Hospital," as they are about 23 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, is that the patient was transferred to the hospital we want the patient to another. In addition to missing most of the drugs in the hospital, due to the shortage of gasoline, commuters and he has affected doctors and nurses. In Ibaraki prefecture, one of the 11 hospitals, "Tsuchiura Kyodo General Hospital" and examine the patient on a priority basis the reservation, with some limited acceptance of four patients at the hospital. In addition, electricity and gas recovery, while accepting foreign started from 16th two hospitals, in addition to visiting patients at home care is difficult due to lack of petrol in many hospitals, doctors is that we are starting to affect commuting and nurses.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20110316/t10014711421000.html


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Re: Japan - Hospitals Need Help in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima, Ibaraki prefectures

US Air Force is flying humanitarian relief out of Elemendorf AFB, Anchorage, AK. 2 C-17s have already completed missions and will continue tomorrow until they're no longer needed. (per our TV news tonight) Hopefully there are some hospital supplies.

It's only about 3600 air miles to Tokyo from Anchorage, while it's 5000 miles from Seattle, and 5300 from San Francisco.

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Re: Japan - Hospitals Need Help in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima, Ibaraki prefectures

Deadly Cold Weather Strikes Tsunami-Hit Hospital

<!-- Removed the byline section from editorials & rewards articles -->Henry Ridgwell | Tagajo, Japan
March 22, 2011

For the survivors of the tsunami that struck Japan earlier this month, the daily struggle to keep warm and find enough food continues. In the town of

Tagajo on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, the Sen-en Hospital has been without electricity, gas or running water for nearly two weeks. There are shortages of basic medicines. Several elderly patients have died because of the freezing temperatures in the wards.

A 90-year-old patient at the Tagajo Sen-en hospital screams out that she is cold. The temperature inside is a few degrees above freezing. On some nights, it drops below zero Celsius. There is no electricity, gas or water.

The cold and the shortage of medicine have claimed the lives of 12 elderly patients since the waves roared through the lower floors of this hospital.

Read more and video:
http://www.voanews.com/english/news...r-Strikes-Tsunami-Hit-Hospital-118451094.html


 
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