Fukushima; NHK Documentary “Lives Slipped Away”
Fukushima; NHK Documentary “Lives Slipped Away” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cfsevdMsfHg#t=2747s
“…”We have set a terrible precedent for the rest of the nation and for any town in the world where nuclear plants are located,” said Katsutaka Idokawa, the mayor of Futaba, one of two towns straddled by the devastated Fukushima facility. “I see this disaster as a meltdown of Japan itself.”…” (Quote from AP article below.)
MissingSky101 Duration 45 mins Jan 12, 2013
Lives Slipped Away
The 50 Patients of Futaba Hospital
In the three days after the nuclear accident, more than 200 bed-ridden elderly people were stranded at the Futaba Hospital and attached old people’s home in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, and 50 died during the exhausting evacuation operation. Those 50 deaths have shocked hospital and care home operators across the country and posed hard new questions for Japan as a land of frequent natural disasters.
Air date 1/11/2013
How much support can medical staff provide when they become victims of disaster?
“We medical workers can’t help more patients if we don’t survive. First and foremost, our own survival is critical”.
Yasushi Kamada, NHK Reporter: What should we do to save the most vulnerable among us in the event of a disaster?
How far should we risk our lives to save others?
We may not have much time left until the next catastrophe occurs.
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