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At Keiju Medical Center in Nanao City, which HuMA supports, there was a patient discharged today. Since the patient was still showing signs of anemia and fatigue, we first took care of the baby and let her sleep soundly for about 4 hours. After that, we answered questions about childcare at home. We were relieved to hear that water and electricity were restored immediately at her home.

We were impressed by the patient’s strength to overcome the difficult situation she faced, which included an earthquake just before the birth, repeated hospital transfers, and the postponement of her discharge from the hospital due to excessive delivery hemorrhage. We are truly happy that she was able to meet her husband finally and leave the hospital safely.

The midwives and nurses on the support team worked together to do what they could on the night and day shifts, such as bathing and weighing babies during the day and taking care of babies at night, and actively assisted the ward staff as needed.  

At the evacuation center in Suzu City, the general manager has not missed a single day of work since the disaster struck. In order to ease his burden, we are all working together to improve the living environment of the evacuation center and keep the evacuees healthy. Dispatch members continue to make cardboard beds and bring in bedding. Today, in addition to HuMA members, Fukui Prefecture staff, Self-Defense Forces, and evacuees helped us complete the distribution of 92 bedding sets and the making of additional cardboard beds. We received many words of gratitude and smiles, and we are happy to hear that.

Today, there was an aftershock after noon, but there were no problems in confirming the safety of the evacuees. We also conducted safety checks during our rounds of medical examinations, and were relieved to find that everyone was safe and seemed to be OK.

We also continued to provide nighttime medical services and conducted several medical examinations.