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, x-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 one 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
new book, placing him in the first class.
If his illness is not
related, then either his own national health insurance or that
of his company pays for the examination and treatment.
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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