As long as there are people who need us, we'd continue providing healthcare here

Doctors of Onagawa Town Hospital saw off a helicopter carrying doctors who belong to the Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine,  leaving the hospital and heading back for Kanto area.  Mitsuru Saito, director of the hospital, said “we cried when we saw off the first few groups.  When health care is not available nearby, people are forced to move to somewhere else.  As long as there are people left here at our hospital, we need to continue providing health care services to them.”  Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture 



Daily Sports Newspaper, "Photo Gallery," April 6, 2011
http://photos.nikkansports.com/general/genki/archives/20110406_14278.html


Translated by Takako Takata