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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.

World War II (215)
Concentration camps (1216)
Medical care and health issues (402)

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Dr. T. Uchida polishing false-teeth (ddr-fom-1-869)
img Dr. T. Uchida polishing false-teeth (ddr-fom-1-869)
WRA caption on reverse: "Polishing false-teeth on a buffer." Dr. T. Uchida, chief dentist in Minidoka, was from Seattle, Washington.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-869/
The Health Section in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-800)
img The Health Section in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-800)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-800/
Minidoka hospital nursery (ddr-fom-1-857)
img Minidoka hospital nursery (ddr-fom-1-857)
WRA caption on reverse: "Hospital series / Nursery."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-857/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (June 26, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-85)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (June 26, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-85)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (June 26, 1942). Envelope is postmarked June 29, 1942 from the Santa Anita Assembly Center in Arcadia, California.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-85/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (March 21, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-82)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (March 21, 1943) (ddr-janm-1-82)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from June Yoshigai (March 21, 1943). Envelope is postmarked March 22, 1943 from the Gila River Incarceration Camp in Rivers, Arizona.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-82/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (March 2, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-66)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (March 2, 1944) (ddr-janm-1-66)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Miyeko Imamura (March 2, 1944). Envelope is postmarked March 2, 1944 from the Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp in Cody, Wyoming.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-66/
Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (June 8, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-94)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Molly Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (June 8, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-94)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (June 8, 1942). Envelope is postmarked June 11, 1942 and addressed from Lillian Nishioka from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-94/
Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (July 7, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-97)
doc Letter (with envelope) to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (July 7, 1942) (ddr-janm-1-97)
Handwritten letter to Molly Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (July 7, 1942). Envelope is postmarked July 9, 1942 from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-97/
Letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) (ddr-janm-1-95)
doc Letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) (ddr-janm-1-95)
Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-95/
View of the Manzanar Hospital (ddr-manz-4-84)
img View of the Manzanar Hospital (ddr-manz-4-84)
Caption in album: "Hospital."
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-84/
Japanese American in hospital ward (ddr-densho-151-421)
img Japanese American in hospital ward (ddr-densho-151-421)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Women's ward in the temporary barracks hospital at this War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. The new hospital with accommodations for 250 beds is almost ready for occupancy.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-421/
Women's hospital ward (ddr-densho-151-419)
img Women's hospital ward (ddr-densho-151-419)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Women's ward in the temporary barracks hospital at this War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. The new hospital with accommodations for 250 beds is almost ready for occupancy.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-419/
Camp hospital (ddr-densho-159-193)
img Camp hospital (ddr-densho-159-193)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-193/
Hospital administrators (ddr-densho-160-32)
img Hospital administrators (ddr-densho-160-32)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160-32/
Large group of medical personal in front of
img Large group of medical personal in front of "'A' Ward" (ddr-densho-223-46)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-46/
Henrietta Schoen posing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-223-10)
img Henrietta Schoen posing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-223-10)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-10/
Three men standing in front of medical building (ddr-densho-223-16)
img Three men standing in front of medical building (ddr-densho-223-16)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-16/
Two nurses standing on wooden walkway outside of barracks (ddr-densho-223-38)
img Two nurses standing on wooden walkway outside of barracks (ddr-densho-223-38)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-38/
Medical personnel and nurses posing in front of a building (ddr-densho-223-49)
img Medical personnel and nurses posing in front of a building (ddr-densho-223-49)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-49/
A nurse and a man in an apron sharing food (ddr-densho-223-31)
img A nurse and a man in an apron sharing food (ddr-densho-223-31)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-31/
Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Takuyo Togawa (ddr-densho-223-59)
doc Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Takuyo Togawa (ddr-densho-223-59)
A letter from the wife of a medical staffer at Sante Fe thanking Henrietta Schoen for her correspondence.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-59/
Postcard to Henrietta Schoen from K. Kayahara (ddr-densho-223-68)
doc Postcard to Henrietta Schoen from K. Kayahara (ddr-densho-223-68)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-68/
Two men with white caps and smocks in front of a row of windows (ddr-densho-223-36)
img Two men with white caps and smocks in front of a row of windows (ddr-densho-223-36)
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-36/
Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Riichi Togawa (ddr-densho-223-65)
doc Letter to Henrietta Schoen from Riichi Togawa (ddr-densho-223-65)
A letter telling Henrietta Schoen about adjustment after returning home.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-65/
doc "Internment Camp Hospital; Santa Fe, New Mexico. February 21, 1945" (ddr-densho-223-52)
Numbered drawing of people in group photo with list of names. No corresponding photo found in the collection.
http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-223-52/
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