Malnutrition rife in quake zone (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

Masanori Tonegawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

KESENNUMA, Miyagi--Due to deteriorating hygiene caused by power blackouts, suspension of the water supply and poor nutrition from food distributed at evacuation centers, protecting disaster victims' health has become a serious issue in areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

"Let me check the bedsores on your back," said Hiroka Wakimoto, a doctor from a Kyoto hospital, who was making a house call to treat a 67-year-old bedridden stroke victim in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.

After talking to the patient, Wakimoto washed her bedsores with tap water and applied topical cream.

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