[sumo] (Slightly OT) Japanese medical system (was: Asashoryu Likely Return To Mongolia)

[Joshua Maciel]

Perhaps the powers that be are worried that old women/men will go in for the
treatment, and then demand money from the government for being a Hibakusha?

- Josh

On 8/22/07, Barbara <barbara at technogirls.org> wrote:
>
> The Japanese health system has some oddities.  One of them involves
> cancer.  Their surgical skill might be among the best in the world in
> removing tumors.  Their surgical outcome is awesome. On the other hand,
> Japan's use of radiation treatments for cancer is very poor.  Not a
> treatment you will get quickly or easily in Japan, according to reports.
> If you want radiation treatment you would have to find a teaching
> hospital or other major institution, or go to the US or elsewhere.  When
> I learned this, I wondered if a deep anti-atom bias pervading Japanese
> culture might be responsible.  I don't know the explanation.
> Barbara Murasakihana
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