Hiroshima: The Aftermath newyorker.com

His grandfather having deposited large sums in the Bank of Hiroshima, Dr. Sasaki went to it confidently expecting a big loan to help him get started.
As chief of surgery at the Hiroshima hospital, Dr. Hattori had been Dr. Sasaki’s boss there; he had come down with radiation sickness after the bombing and had moved to Yokohama.
Dr. Hattori suggested that Dr. Sasaki might as well have a thorough physical examination, taking advantage of the hospital’s up-to-the-minute equipment, while he was there, and Dr. Sasaki agreed.
Dr. Sasaki began to be considered a bit strange by Hiroshima doctors.
At the time the so-called Hiroshima Maidens went to the United States for plastic surgery, the year before, they had been accompanied by two Hiroshima surgeons.