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ACCORDING TO THE NAGASAK! ATOMIC BOMB HOSPITAL AND MR. SHIGETOSHI
[WAMATSU, PROFESSOR OF THE NAGASAK! UNIVERSITY ALSO SECRETARY
GENERAL OF NAGASAK! PREFECTURAL PEOPLE'S COUNCIL OF ALL JAPAN
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S ANT! ATOMIC ANO HYDROGEN BOMB COUNCIL, BOTH
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ATOMIC BOMBHOSPITAL ON AUGUST 4, 1980, FOR DETAILED MEDICAL
EXAMINATION, AND LEFT THE HOSPITAL ON AUGUST 11, 1989.
ALL EXPENSES WERE PAID BY THE ALL-KYUSHU PEOPLE'S ANTI-~ATOMIC
AND HYDROGEN BOMB COUNCIL, RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION SHOWS NO™
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PHYSICIAN HOPED BOTH OF THEM COULD STAY IN JAPAN TO HAVE FURTHER
MEDICAL EXAMINATION, APPARENTLY THEY HAD TO LEAVE JAPAN BECAUSE
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