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50 Israeli Doctors, Aid Sent to Japan

(Ynet News-Israel Defense Forces) Ronen Medzini - An Israeli medical aid team of 50 doctors left for Japan on Saturday night. Two planes also carried 62 tons of medical supplies and 18 tons of humanitarian supplies, which included 10,000 coats, 6,000 blankets, 8,000 gloves and 150 portable toilets. Medical aid supplies included instruments, fuel, oxygen, medication, food, water, hospital beds and other equipment necessary for the establishment of a clinic in the city of Kurihara in Miyagi Prefecture. The clinic will be set up in a rural town that was almost completely destroyed by the tsunami and whose residents were left without roofs over their heads, without vehicles or fuel and without access to medical assistance. The closest hospital is located an hour and a half away.
2011-03-28 00:00:00
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