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13 Février 2014
February 13, 2014
Fukushima hospitals hold event to attract nurses
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140213_35.html
A hospital association in Fukushima Prefecture is trying to invite nurses from the Tokyo Metropolitan area to local medical institutions suffering from staff shortages after the 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The association on Thursday organized a tour of a hospital in Hirono Town, about 25 kilometers from the damaged plant. Four nurses, in their 20s to 50s from Tokyo and surrounding areas, took part in the event.
Another nurse who was transferred last year to the hospital from Maebashi City, north of Tokyo, guided the participants.
The number of nurses there dropped from 33 to 5 at one point after the accident. It is now operating with the help of about 20 nurses dispatched from across the country.
But the hospital still cannot receive inpatients because of an insufficient number of nurses.
6 of 20 participants in similar tours the association arranged last year have decided to work at medical institutions in Fukushima.
The prefecture and the association say they want to resolve nurse shortages through such efforts.
Feb. 13, 2014 - Updated 10:05 UTC
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