It’s been 2 years since the northeast region of Japan was hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake with some towns almost totally washed away by the subsequent tsunami. However, the residents’ rehabilitation has not been promising especially when it comes to medical services. A lot of medical facilities are neither available for operations nor have enough manpower. Some people have even stopped, if not given up, visiting hospitals.
The prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima only have a number of health facilities back in operations, but they still cannot guarantee their capability to attend to the needs of the patients. Having available doctors and nurses is an even greater challenge for the facilities in these prefectures, which suffered the most during, and even after, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The Japanese government may have prioritized the rehabilitation of these devastated towns but the measures are still not enough. |
