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A Medical Delegation for Radiation-exposed Patients Invited from South Korea

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We accepted a medical delegation for radiation-exposed patients consisting of eight physicians and medical professionals, who engage in emergency medical care for A-bomb survivors at the Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRAMS) and designated hospitals of the National Radiation Emergency Medical Center. They underwent a one-week training course at the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine and other organizations.

Visiting Dr. Hiroo Dohy, President of HICARE (President of the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital) Leader Young-Nam Kim (3rd from left) Dr. Myeong-Soo Jeon (left in back row) Dr. Jung-Seok Hong (3rd from right in front row)

Completion ceremony at the Hiroshima University

Professor Koichi Tanigawa (4th from left) and Dr. Myeong-Soo Jeon (far left) Leader Young-Nam Kim (5th from left) Dr. Jung-Seok Hong (2nd from right)

Period of Training:

December 1 to 5, 2008

Training Organizations (in order of visits):

Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Hiroshima A-bomb Casualty Council
Hiroshima University
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and other institutions

List of medical delegation members (10 persons):

Young-Nam Kim, Physician
Cheju Halla General Hospital

Myeong-Soo Jeon, Health Physics
Ulsan University Hospital

Jung-Seok Hong, Physician
Ulsan University Hospital
and others

Dr.Kim(right) receving the Certificate of Achievement from Dr.Tanigawa, professor of Hiroshima University.

Dr.Jeon(for back) at the venue of radiation emergency seminar.

Dr.Hong(2nd from the left) with other participants