The IDF Home Front Command and Medical Corps. Aid delegation to Japan opened an advanced medical clinic this morning. The opening ceremony was preceded by a minute of silence in honor of those who perished in the natural disaster. The mayors of Kurihara and Minamisanriku, whose towns suffered severe loss and destruction in the tsunami, attended the ceremony. During the ceremony the mayors thanked the members of the delegation for volunteering, and for their desire to help the people of Japan by providing medical care for the ill and injured.
The clinic’s first patient was the mayor of Minamisanriku, who had recently been injured. He was examined by the commander of the medical delegation, deputy to the IDF Chief Medical Officer, Col. Dr. Ofir Cohen-Marom.
The IDF aid delegation to Japan arrived at Minamisanriku in the Miyagi Prefecture early Monday morning after a 14-hour flight and 8-hour bus ride. They held their first operational briefing with GOC of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, and the Head of the IDF Medical Corps, Brig. Gen Nachman Ash.
The city where the IDF field clinic is being established is attracting many displaced persons and the IDF aid delegation has been distributing and setting up the medical equipment in order to have the field clinic operational. As of Tuesday morning, march 29th, the field clinic features:
X-ray
Pediatrics ward
Surgical ward
Maternity and Gynecological wards
Otolaryngology (Ears, Nose and Throat)
Optometry department
Laboratory
Intensive Care Unit
Pharmacy
Seven Japanese nationals who speak Hebrew joined the delegation on Monday in order to provide translation services and serve as liaisons with the local population.
Radiation levels in the area where the IDF aid delegation has deployed are being followed carefully by experts from the Atomic Energy Commission and by experts from the IDF Medical Corps in order to ensure that there is no danger posed to delegation members or patients in the area.
IDF Team Treats 11-Month-Old Baby Left Homeless By Tsunami
This morning Sanae (sp.), an 11-month-old baby who was left homeless by the tsunami, arrived at the IDF delegation's medical clinic at Minamisanriku accompanied by her grandmother.
Sanae, who suffers from an inflammation of the eye, was treated at the clinic by Lt. Col. Dr. Amit Assa, a pediatrician, Lt. Col. Orly Weinstein, an eye specialist, and Capt. Galit Bidner, a certified nurse.
Sanae's grandmother received medicine from the team, along with an explanation how to best continue future treatment, and was invited to return to the clinic in two days' time. She was also given diapers and toys for Sanae.
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