Medical response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in Ishinomaki City

Problem: The Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital is the only designated disaster hospital in the Ishinomaki Medical Zone, Japan that was undamaged from the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. The tsunami completely destroyed a large part of the Ishinomaki Medical Zone.Context: The Ishinomaki Red Cr...

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Main Author: Tadashi Ishii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific 2011-12-01
Series:Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
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Online Access:http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/130/73