At the relief station in Suzu City, where HuMA is in charge, the nurses, who are also local evacuees, discussed the isolation of corona patients. When the discussion was over and the nurses were about to leave, they saw Dr. HuMA’s gold medal. The nurses, who had only ever shown pained expressions when discussing the corona quarantine, their faces lit up when Dr. HuMA told them that he comes to Suzu almost every other year.
We used to be involved in triathlon events,” they said. Medical personnel are also victims of the disaster. We must never forget it.
In the afternoon, the doctor and Logi went around to the evacuation center for which HuMA was in charge. We had to drive along the coast, but the tsunami was so severe that the road was blocked and we had to make a U-turn at some points. Mitsuke Island was in sight. The doctor mentioned above said that the land looked very different from before, with tiles crumbling on the road he was used to running on during triathlon competitions, and fishing nets scattered by the tsunami.
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| make the rounds of medical examinations | Near the coast, overlooking Mitsuke Island |