Medical care and health issues

Medical and dental facilities were for the most part inadequate, lacking in both equipment and staff. Doctors and nurses were overworked, and treatment was often substandard as well as delayed. Camp inmates recall outbreaks of food poisoning, tuberculosis and dysentery epidemics, and preventable deaths of patients and newborns.

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-313)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto from Tak Negi in which Tak describes her work as a dietitian at a local hospital, news about mutual friends and a long distance romance she is involved in. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-313/

doc Draft of letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Domoto (ddr-densho-356-250)

Draft of a letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Domoto Tsukada in which she talks about the dusty weather at Amache, the pain of evacuation, her family's joy at hearing from him, and notification of the birth of a nephew.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-250/

doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-2)

In the second diary he kept in the camp at Tule Lake, Takeharu Inouye recounts his struggles with education and the boredom resulting from few recreational opportunities. Though he participated in several baseball games with his classmates, Takeharu spent the majority of his free time attending the movie showings that occurred daily or weekly throughout the …

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-1)

Takeharu Inouye's first diary documents his family's forced move to the Sacramento Assembly Center, followed by their move to the Tule Lake concentration camp. Since his mother, Miyoe Inouye, was a teacher, thirteen-year-old Takeharu's diary focuses on his classes in the Japanese and American schools at Tule Lake. His struggles with his schoolwork, as well as …

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 32 (August 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-80)

Selected article titles: "Meningitis Case: Great Effort Made to Save Tule Baby" (pp. 1-2), "July: Harvest Yields 372,580 Pounds of Vegetables" (p. 2), "Resettlers May Obtain Materials" (p. 2), and "Allowances for GI's Dependents" (p. 4).

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 25 (August 17, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-31)

Selected article titles: "Hospital Wages Ceaseless War on Mosquitoes" (p. 1), "Procedure on Shipment of Okotsu to Japan Received" (p. 1), and "Shelter Camp Ready for European Refugees-WRA" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-31/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 39 (November 23, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-41)

Selected article titles: "Commencement Tomorrow Evening: 230 Graduating Seniors to Receive Diplomas" (pp. 1, 3-4), "Arrival of 67 Hawaiian Nisei Here Disclosed" (p. 1), and "Nip the Cold 'Bug': Hospital Chief Gives Rules for Prevention" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-41/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 3 (January 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-52)

Selected article titles: "Center Farm: Tentative Farm Program Approved by WRA Office" (p. 1), "New Library to Feature Books Sent by Japan" (p. 1), and "Safety Council Appointed to Investigate Accidents" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-52/

img Rohwer hospital staff (ddr-densho-471-162)

The Rohwer hospital staff stand and pose for a group photograph. Note on sleeve from donor: "Toshiyuki Kubota Rohwer Arkansas Hospital 1940's"

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img Camp hospital (ddr-densho-471-10)

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img View of the Manzanar Hospital (ddr-manz-4-84)

Caption in album: "Hospital."

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img Two men in hospital beds (ddr-densho-475-417)

Black and white photograph of two unidentified men in hospital beds. The man on the right is laying down and the man on the left is sitting up and looking at the camera.

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img Poston hospital (ddr-densho-475-16)

Black and white photograph of the Poston General Hospital with an ambulance parked in front, where a man in a white uniform stands.

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img Man crouching outside Poston General Hospital (ddr-densho-475-444)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man kneeling in front of Poston General Hospital entrance.

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img Poston doctor office (ddr-densho-475-25)

Black and white photograph of the interior of a doctor's office in Poston concentration camp where one medical professional is attending to a female patient facing away from the camera. Two men are working in the background.

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img Man playing go by himself as a nurse looks on (ddr-densho-475-418)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man sitting in a hospital bed playing Go while a nurse stands beside him and looks on.

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img Man standing outside Poston General Hospital (ddr-densho-475-445)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing outside Poston General Hospital.

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img Poston medical buildings (ddr-densho-475-234)

Black and white photograph of the Poston General Hospital with medical vehicles parked in front.

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doc First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1378)

Order form including list of staple drugs for use at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Form includes name of drugs, quantity, unit, price, and amount. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 49. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Program from Christmas party for medical staff at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1387)

Program for a Christmas party for the medical staff at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 56. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1389

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1387/

doc Department of Health and Physical Education proposed program 1943-1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1734)

Program proposal for the department of Health and Physical Education at Poston incarceration camp. Includes health services, follow up, control and prevention of communicable diseases, development of attitudes and knowledge related to health, and activities and physical education, See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1736

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1734/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, October 26, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-484)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on Christmas, "evacuee doctors", and camp operations and services. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0486

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-484/

doc Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)

Article on George K. Kambara covering his early life in California, education, incarceration, his ophthalmology practice at the Tule Lake incarceration camp, his experience as a doctor in Memphis and Wisconsin, relocation to Los Angeles, and discrimination as a Japanese-American. Published in "Archives of ophthalmology," Vol. 117, September 1999. See this object in the California State …

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doc Report on the present health conditions and medical provisions of the German group at camp Crystal City, Texas (ddr-csujad-55-1396)

Report on health conditions, diseases, and medical provisions for German internees at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1398

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1396/

doc Letter from S.F. Oliver, (Surg) UEPES, Medical Officer in Charge to Mr. Elwood, Liaison Division, Crystal City, Texas, August 20, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1395)

Correspondence from S. F. Oliver, Medical Officer in Charge, to Larry Elmwood, Liaison Office, regarding a request for preferential medical treatment for the Schnellbach family. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1397

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1395/