Israel first to set up field hospital in Japan

Israel's Ambassador to Japan Nissim Ben Shitrit announced on Monday that an Israeli field hospital is on schedule to be set up at Minamisanriko, a fishing city 290 miles north of Tokyo, the first of its kind to be set up by a country offering outside assistance to the quake-zone. A small Israeli team "is setting up the surgery right now," the ambassador said. "They are evaluating the needs today, so that a larger team can be dispatched. I don't know how or why it is that our field hospital is the first. Maybe we moved faster. Maybe it's because of our experience." The hospital is part of the assistance that Israel is extending to Japan which also includes donations of various humanitarian supplies, and has received very positive coverage in the Japanese media.

From: ICEJ news email