Re: Hiroshima survivor

[wpc94@mailsrv.ym.edu.tw]

Dear Lee:

        You may check with Dr. Neriish in the RERF, Hiroshima to help this
nice lady. 

        neriishi@rerf.or.jp



At 03:02 AM 1998/11/13 -0600, you wrote:
>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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>Medical Physics Dept.
>Westmead Hospital
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