Tsunami-struck village's only doctor works heart out, but lacks medicine and tools - The Mainichi Daily News

Tsunami-struck village's only doctor works heart out, but lacks medicine and tools - The Mainichi Daily News

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The only doctor in a small village in tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture is continuing to do his utmost for victims in the area, touring the village and offering his services even amidst a severe lack of medicine or equipment and being forced into life at an evacuation center himself."Even if it's not much, I want to do whatever I can to help the people of the village feel better," says the 61-year-old doctor, Kimihiro Oshikawa. The village is Noda in Iwate Prefecture, where over 20 people were lost
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Tsunami-struck village's only doctor works heart out, but lacks medicine and tools - The Mainichi Daily News
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The only doctor in a small village in tsunami-hit Iwate Prefecture is continuing to do his utmost for victims in the area, touring the village and offering his services even amidst a severe lack of medicine or equipment and being forced into life at an evacuation center himself."Even if it's not much, I want to do whatever I can to help the people of the village feel better," says the 61-year-old doctor, Kimihiro Oshikawa. The village is Noda in Iwate Prefecture, where over 20 people were lost
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