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Hiroshima International Council
for the Radiation-exposed
(HICARE)
Atomic Bomb Survivors Support Division
Hiroshima Prefectural Government
10-52 Motomachi, Naka-ku Hiroshima
730-8511 Japan
Phone: +81-82-228-9901
Fax : +81-82-228-3277
E-mail: hicare1991@hicare.jp
Brazil: Doctor Training Program
HICARE invited a doctor from Brazil for one-month of training.
Name and position:
Julio Shoiti Yamano
Staff physician of clinical medicine and cardiology
Santa Cruz Hospital
Period:
March 5 to March 27, 2007
With Dr. Yoshizumi, Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, and traning staff
Training Organizations (in order of occurrence):
Hiroshima University Hospital
Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Hiroshima A-bomb Casualty Council
Grand Tower Medical Court (hospital)
Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Mazda Hospital
Training Course:
Diagnosis of radiation disorders (Hematology)
Impressions:
It was a good training about radiation effects on the human body - effects that are still in research in genetic damage (DNA).
Medical Activities in Brazil:
I attend patients admitted in Santa Cruz Hospital either from the emergency room or the office that need care in internal medicine or cardiology. In addition to that I attend patients in my own office.