My mother who lives in Tokyo went to the supermarket yesterday, in order to get the things that a hospital in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture desperately needed. She packed them in the boxes and sent them to where a truck was waiting to depart.
A relative contacted my uncle if he could get some supplies the hospital needed and send them to the delivery center where the truck was arranged. He packed three boxes of supplies and sent them to the delivery center. Then he called my mother if she could do the same.
The hospital is in the city of Ishinomaki which is located near ocean where tsunami attacked, and the city is still filled with water after a week later. Because water wouldn't recede, relief haven’t been able to reach to the city and the hospital since 3/11. The doctor who works day and night to take care of patients at the hospital asked for help to his friends by email.
The message spread through friends to friends, and someone arranged 10-ton truck. Others called for help to gather supplies and to send them to the delivery center before the truck leave. The truck is scheduled to leave on Sunday. My mother asked my sister to do the same. My sister went shopping and sent a box to the delivery center today, hoping the box would arrive in time before the truck would depart.
The voice of one doctor was carried by his friends and to others who acted on what they could do. Boxes of supplies from many people are being gathered at the delivery center. On Sunday, the 10-ton truck with boxes of supplies will head to the hospital in Ishinomaki which desperately needs the supplies to save lives.
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