Citation

Merin O, Blumberg N, Raveh D, Bar A, Nishizawa M, Cohen-Marom O. Am. J. Disaster Med. 2012; 7(1): 61-64.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Society of Disaster Medicine, Publisher Weston Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22649869

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe humanitarian aid following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. SETTING: A field hospital deployed in a small Japanese coastal village devastated by a major tsunami. PATIENTS: Thousands of Japanese refugees with minimal access to medical care. RESULTS: After well-coordinated diplomatic efforts, our medical delegation was the first foreign team to deploy in Japan. Our facility served as a regional referral center for specialized medical treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Following major disasters, even highly modernized countries will face an urgent surge in the need of medical resources. These situations emphasize the need for global responsibility to provide assistance.

Language: en