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In terms of medical treatment related issues, the number of visitors has changed from severely ill to mildly ill. We have followed up on a wound of a previous visitor with a skin disease of the ear, which is doing well and no longer requires a second visit. Still, there were some visitors who came […]

HuMA doctors, nurses, logistician, and the Iwate team, all headed out for a round of visits. The doctor, who is also HuMA’s president, took time today to talk with the home evacuee.” He encouraged him to “walk a little bit every day.

Some evacuees originally required nursing care in the shelters, and HuMA has been providing assistance with bathing. Nurses working from the perspective of helping evacuees stay safe, comfortable, and healthy collaborated with the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Disaster Rehabilitation Assistance Team (JRAT) to work together on ways to make it easier for evacuees to […]

HuMA gave a two-day lecture on emergency and disaster medicine to elementary and junior high school students at a school that we currently operate a first aid station. Cherishing the relationship between the elementary and junior high schools and HuMA, we planned an exchange event between HuMA and the students from the first grade to […]

A number of HuMA nurses and midwives have been dispatched to Keiju Medical Center in Nanao city. We have compiled various reports from the dispatchers. Due to the earthquake that occurred in January, the hospital is still undergoing major repairs to cracked walls and leaking ceilings, and the obstetrics department is currently borrowing space in […]

It is now mid-February. As different needs emerge from those at the time of the outbreak, HuMA is responding flexibly. We are currently continuing to share information with public health nurses, but there are many different cases regarding evacuation. Some people choose to evacuate home, while others want to move to welfare shelters but have […]

HuMA has been conducting support activities in the cities of Suzu and Nanao. HuMA dispatches medical personnel as needed to ensure that support is not interrupted. At Keiju Medical Center in Nanao City, there was a change of HuMA dispatchers. The following is a report from a HuMA nurse. It was the day I was […]

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 […]

Today we have a report from the HuMA team working in Suzu City. In the morning, the HuMA team attends the Health and Medical Welfare Coordination Headquarters meeting and shares information with public health nurses. At the evacuation centers HuMA team is in charge of, we work with various support teams to improve the environment, […]

This is a report from Keiju Medical Center. Despite the disaster, the hospital staff is handling all types of deliveries as usual, including vaginal deliveries, painless deliveries, and C-sections. The other day, a patient who underwent emergency surgery for a laceration of the birth canal returned safely to the ward the next day. She is […]