Hospital doctor in town hit by tsunami brings message of care to homes

Sen Hiraizumi, deputy head of Iwate Prefectural Yamada Hospital, provides home care for a patient in Yamada on May 12. (Mainichi)

Ever since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the deputy head of the only general hospital in the Iwate Prefecture town of Yamada has been making a special effort to visit patients at homes and shelters.

Sen Hiraizumi, deputy head of Iwate Prefectural Yamada Hospital, believes that the role of medical workers is particularly important in disaster areas. On May 12, he visited one of his patients, 96-year-old Koyoshi Suzuki, who lay on a futon at her home.

Suzuki's 62-year-old daughter Nayo and the younger woman's husband had sought help caring for the 96-year-old from neighbors and the Japanese Red Cross Society, but she started getting weak and her body would accept only water, prompting the couple to seek a home visit.

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in Japan. I can't imagine the stress being experienced by people affected by the quake,tsunami and radiation.

Thanks for your kind thoughts.. :hug:

but this is an ongoing catastrophe. :hi: