records and keeps statistics has the primary function of identifying
or diagnosing cases from examinations.

If it is decided that a

person requires a specific treatment (other than prescribed
medic ines which can be gotten from the center) he is sent to

the Red Cross A-bomb Hospital where he can be "treated" (ie:
surgery, K-ray therapy, administration of drugs, etc), or placed
on an outpatient care basis.

Each of the two classes of survivors

hold books, color-coded for their class and while the annual
examination is sufficient, should ome of these people become
sick, he can go to the center to be examined.

[If he is in the

second group and his illness is found to be related to radiation,
then his costs are paid for by the government and he receives a
If his illness is not

A third

area related to treatment is the care provided for elderly survivors of the A-bomb.
people.

In both cities there are homes for such

To qualify, it must be shown that they or their families

cannot support them, or that such support is a hardship, or that

the bomb killed all members of their family.
As to financing of such facilities

as A-bomb Hospitals and

Old Age Survivors' Homes, this has been done mostly by public

donation (similar to fund drives by the Red Cross or Community Chest
in the United States) but their operations are

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