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Cardboard beds
2024 Noto Earthquake

There may not be many young people overall in the shelter that HuMA is in charge of. Eighty people from other shelters will be moved here in the next few days on an emergency basis. It was necessary to move things to make room for them, but because it was a tough job, the relief […]

Medical workers are also victims of the disaster, don’t forget them.
2024 Noto Earthquake

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 […]

Ⅾisaster relief that is enhanced by pre-existing connections
2024 Noto Earthquake

In disaster relief, it is important to provide support that meets the needs of disaster victims, but it is also important to provide psychological care for them. A support team that has connections in normal times is likely to be a reassuring presence for evacuees. As the number of dispatched teams increases, new members joining […]

The environment of the shelter was improved.
2024 Noto Earthquake

Environmental maintenance When we think of medical support, we generally imagine support for the purpose of treatment and prevention, such as medical examinations, surgeries, and prescriptions of medicines. However, we believe that improving the environment and lifestyles that cause illness and injury is also an important part of medical support. When the living environment is […]

Our activities are made possible by the support of many people.
2024 Noto Earthquake

We provide medical care, home visits, and mental health care at shelters in Suzu City. There is a risk of corona and influenza infection in evacuation centers. As infection control measures, we suggested that room ventilation, hand hygiene, and disinfection be implemented, and that a call be made through a whole building broadcast to ensure […]

Two deliveries were successfully completed.
2024 Noto Earthquake

Today, HuMA is supporting a maternity hospital in Nanao City in parallel with its relief center activities in Suzu City. We assisted a pregnant woman who had a natural childbirth. A healthy baby was born. Today we had two deliveries. The patient was suffering from frequent contractions, so the HuMA midwife started labor palliative care. […]

Various types of support are required.
2024 Noto Earthquake

HuMA has been supporting a maternity hospital in Nanao City in parallel with its rescue center activities in Suzu City. The baby looked very comfortable as the HuMA midwife bathed. We also performed ward duties such as milking the mother and examining the pregnant woman using the delivery monitoring equipment. During a short break in […]

We support maternity hospitals.
2024 Noto Earthquake

We have started to provide support for childbirth at a hospital located in an area that was severely damaged on the Noto Peninsula. HuMA has dispatched obstetricians, gynecologists, and midwives. Even in the midst of a major disaster, medical personnel who are also victims of the disaster are desperately providing medical care for the babies […]

Infectious disease control measures must be taken at the shelter.
2024 Noto Earthquake

Since it is said that living in an evacuation center can easily spread infectious diseases, HuMA arranged for the use of a vacant room in an elementary school that serves as an evacuation center to provide quarantine. What may be a common cold to a young, healthy person may be life-threatening to a person with […]

We are continuing our activities at evacuation centers and mobile clinics. There are still isolated villages.
2024 Noto Earthquake

We were informed that major roads in the tip of Noto Peninsula were closed from midnight to today due to intensive snow removal work, and we were worried that this might hinder the replacement of HuMA members, but the road closure was lifted at 8:00 am. As of today, the team consists of one doctor, […]