Nanbu Medical Center workers fighting COVID-19 post ‘thank you’ sign in windows
Hospital workers at the Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children's Medical Center post a sign in the windows to thank local support. Photographed on April 22, in Haebaru-cho, Okinawa.
April 23, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 22, hospital workers at Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children’s Medical Center posted a sign in the fourth-floor windows of the east wing that read, “Thank you for your support.” The facility, which treats COVID-19 patients, has been receiving donations of face masks and snacks from locals in support of their work.
The center’s director, Touru Wake said, “Some people donated the few masks they had left. Our doctors, nurses, and staff are fighting [the coronavirus] while coping with anxiety. We are very grateful for everyone’s support.”
Nanbu Medical Center is doubling down on its efforts to deal with the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, and in order to secure nurses to treat COVID-19 patients, it transferred in-patients occupying the fourth floor of the east wing to other medical facilities.
(English translation by T&CT and Monica Shingaki)
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