Hiroshima survivor

["LEE COLLINS" <nlco@imag.wsahs.nsw.gov.au>]

Hi all,

We have just received here a patient who is apparently a Hiroshima 
survivor, and is with us for treatment of thyroid cancer which was 
initially diagnosed some 5 years ago.

The lady speaks no English (can't speak at all at the moment due 
to a tracheostomy), lives alone here in Sydney and has no 
relatives. As a survivor with a radiogenic cancer, I feel her case 
should be reported, even if 53 years is stretching the relationship.

My question is, to whom, and by what mechanism? It is possible 
she is on the followup list and has been reported, but until I can 
communicate with her through an interpreter next week, I don't 
know, and I may not get a sensible answer even then. So, for my 
own interest at least, I would like to know the procedure.

Many thanks - please answer to my private email to avoid clutter.

Lee Collins

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Lee Collins MSc FACPSEM
Chairman, Division of Allied Health
Medical Physics Dept.
Westmead Hospital
Westmead   NSW  2145  Australia

Phone : +61 2 9845 6533
Fax   : +61 2 9891 5385
email : lee.collins@imag.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
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