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Dialysis a type of treatment which is very difficult provide in disaster situations. Maintainonce of therapy may not be possible due to lack of fresh water, electricity and other elements of infrastructure. Therefore, fundamental support individual is indispensable to provide anti-disaster measures to individual medical hospitals and clinics when there is widespread damage. As a result, the Japanese Association of Dialysis Physicians has striven to develop anti-disaster measures since 1987. It is presently dealing with various disasters There are 40 administrative distrists for disaster relief in Japan. They manage 4 local digital networks which link the Ministrys of Health, Labor and Welfare to local goverments and related organizations. However, there is still a lack of information from care facilities, which are affected. This situation must be remedied to provide health care information in disaster situations. |