People who have supported the HICARE program are introduced in this section.
People to be introduced here are either (1) those who have supported medical care activities for the radiation-exposed overseas through the HICARE program or (2) those who have cooperated in lectures and other activities hosted by HICARE within Japan. Current HICARE directors or executive secretaries are excluded.
These people are listed in the order that they contributed their articles
to this website.
Kumiko Tanaka
Nurse, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
My impressions of participating in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Victims Support Project
During two weeks from May 22, 2004, I participated in the Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant Accident Victims Support Project. It was the first time that
a nurse was assigned to this project team. I considered it a very important
duty. What follows is a report of the work I performed on that occasion.…(Read
full story)«November/2005»
Nobuo Takeichi
Director, Takeichi Clinic
Visiting Lecturer for Hiroshima University (Division of Bio-Medical Informatics,
Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine)
The 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and medical
support for those exposed to radiation in Semipalatinsk and Chernobyl
Even now, 60 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima,
I still conduct operations for A-bomb survivors for the treatment
of thyroid cancer. During the past 10 years, applications were
made for having special medical allowance (recognition of A-bomb-related
disease) granted to 63 thyroid cancer cases. …(Read
full story) «November/2005»
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Masahiro Kenjo
Assistant, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Report on participation in the “International Conference on Occupational Radiation Protection”
With the support of HICARE, I participated in a conference for preparing recommendations for the protection of workers from exposure to ionizing radiation, which was held in August 2002 at the headquarters of ILO (International Labor Organization) in Geneva.…(Read full story)«November/2005»
Gen Suzuki
Chief Scientist, Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Report on the 10th REMPAN meeting
Following the Chernobyl accident, UN organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and UN member countries concluded in 1986 two international agreements regarding nuclear accidents.…(Read full story)«November/2005»
Chieko Kobatake
Vice-Representative, Hiroshima-Semipalatinsk Project
What made me participate in the Semipalatinsk support project
It was very shocking for me to know that nuclear tests had been continued in secrecy in the former Soviet Union for 40 years before the Chernobyl accident, resulting in continued exposure to high levels of radiation. …(Read full story)«November/2005»
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Tadao Kajiwara
Chief, Pathological Examination Section, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
My impressions of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Victims Support Project
I participated in the FY2004 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident Victims Support Project as a member (cytotechnologist) of the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital’s medical examination group for the Republic of Belarus.…
(Read full story)«November/2005»
Masao Kiguchi
Radiation Division, Department of Medical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital
Report on medical support activities for Tokaimura criticality accident
On September 30, 1999, the first criticality accident in Japan occurred at a uranium fuel processing company in Tokaimura, Ibaragi Prefecture. Unfortunately, three staff members were exposed to high levels of radiation, and one of them died.…
(Read full story)«November/2005»
Aki Mitsumoto
Clinical Technician, Takeichi Clinic
My impressions of overseas support activities
In October 2004, I participated in a thyroid examination project for those exposed to radiation in Belarus. People considered to have problems with the thyroid were screened in advance by the medical staff in Belarus, and a medical team dispatched from Japan conducted examinations on those people.…(Read full story)«November/2005»
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Hiroaki Katayama
Chief, Department of Information Technology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Revision of HICARE website - How support should be provided
More than 10 years have passed since I started being involved in the acceptance of HICARE trainees and the training regarding computer networks and databases for epidemiological analysis.…(Read full story)«November/2005»
Masumi Hashimura
Interpreter between Russian and Japanese
As an interpreter from Hiroshima
I have lived in Hiroshima for a total of 12 years. When I, a
country girl from Shizuoka, came to Hiroshima, it looked like
a big city full of people and automobiles.…
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full story)«November/2005»
Kimio Tanaka
Department of Radiobiology, Institute for Environmental Sciences
Report on health examinations conducted on the residents of villages near the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site
In 1998, 1999 and 2000, when I worked for the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, I visited for health research purposes villages near the former Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) in the Republic of Kazakhstan, a country located beyond the Tian Shan Mountains in China. …(Read full story)«November/2005»
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Hideo Yamada
Visiting Lecturer, International Radiation Information Center, Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Medical Interpreter between Russian and Japanese
Lessons from on-site medical support activities
I want to describe my impressions about medical support activities for those exposed to radiation from the perspective of a medical interpreter, which may be different from that of experts in various fields.…(Read full story)«November/2005»
Masako Fukuden
Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Hospital
Report on participation in medical support team for criticality accident in Tokaimura, Ibaragi Prefecture
On September 30, 1999, a criticality accident occurred in Tokaimura, Ibaragi Prefecture, and the residents within a 10-kilometer radius from the accident site were ordered to stay indoors. Hiroshima Prefecture was requested to dispatch a relief team, in which I was included as a HICARE member. …(Read full story)«November/2005»
Hideo Tanaka
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Support for dealing with the criticality accident at JCO in Tokaimura, Ibaragi Prefecture
A medical support team organized by HICARE member institutions was dispatched to JCO in Tokaimura, Ibarabi Prefecture, where a criticality accident occurred on September 30, 1999.…(Read full story)«November/2005»
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