Some of the common diseases treated are breast cancer, cataracts,

and leukemia.

‘Come 80 patients

die annually, or about 50 per-

cent of the hospital's capacity.
Dr.

Chigeto told the Committee that there is a difference between

A-vomd and regular patients.

They feel different in that they are

more uneasy and uncertain about their futures.
explained,

is doubled tnat of those who may think that a regular disease

may have’ been caused by the A-bomb.

ing, according to the doctor.

for them.

‘his uneasiness, he

all survivors there have this

feel-

Many who survived have no one to care

"It is a very uneasy feeling’, ne said.

"If patients re-

cover", he related, "they can go home, but may have to come back again.”
‘the doctor then took the Committee members on a tour of the hospital
where they saw many survivors, some of them still showed the scars from
the burns they suffered nearly thirty years

ago.

NAGASAKI TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER
The Committee arrived by train in Nagasaki on the evening of June 26,

1972, and that evening held a brief meeting with city officials to plan
a schedule.

The next morning the members met with the Honorable Soichi

Urabe, Yeputy Mayor of the city of Nagasaki.
conference was held.

After that, a brief press

whe Committee then visited facilities similar to

the ones visited in Hiroshima;

for the sake of brevity, only that infor-

mation which differs from what has already been related will be included.

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