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ACCORDING TO THE NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB HOSPITAL AND
MR SHIGETOSHI IWAMATSU, PROFESSOR OF THE NAGASAKI
UNIVERSITY ALSO SECRETARY GENERAL OF NAGASAKI PREFECTURAL
PEOPLE'S COUNCIL OF ALL JAPAN NATIONAL PEOPLE'S ANTI ATOMIC
ANDO MYDROGEN S8OMB COUNCIL, SOTH Sag ANO @aaie
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EXAMINATION, ANDO LEFT THE HOSPITAL ON AUGUST ii,
1988.
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ANTI-ATOMIC AND WYDROGEN SOMB COUNCIL RESULT OF THE
EXAMINATION SHOWS NO IMMEDIATE HOSPITALIZATION IS NEEDEO
BUT FURTHER OBSERVATION WAS RECOMMENDED FOR CARDIAC PROBLEMS
IN BOTH MEN
IN NEITHER CASE OLO THE DOCTORS CONSIDER THE
PROBLEMS SERIOUS THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF RADIATION~
RELATED ILLNESS ALTHOUGH EXAMINING PHYSICIAN HOPED 80TH
OF THEM COULO STAY IN JAPAN ‘TO HAVE FURTHER MEDICAL

EXAMINATION, APPARENTLY THEY HAO TO LEAVE JAPAN BECAUSE
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