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Medical Doctor from Nipo-Brasileiro Hospital in Brazil

HICARE invited a doctor from the Nipo-Brasileiro Hospital in Brazil for one month of training at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital.

Name and Position:

Americo Masafumi Yamashita
Head of the Anesthesiology Department at Nipo-Brasileiro Hospital

Period:

March 4 to March 29, 2005

Main Host Organizations:

Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital

Training Course:

Course on clinical laboratory techniques

Training Scene: Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital

Impressions:

I feel that HICARE's training, promoting knowledge concerning medical care for Atomic Bomb victims, is of the utmost importance. In Hiroshima, I was able to create a deep mutual relationship with the Japanese doctors, as well as exchange opinions regarding health care issues.

Medical Activities in Brazil:

I am in charge of the anesthesiology department at the Nipo-Brasileiro Hospital in Brazil. I am also studying obstetric anesthesiology as an associate professor at Sao Paulo University.