Irradiated nuclear worker moved to different hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A plant worker exposed to an excessive dose of radiation last September in Japan's worst nuclear accident is transferred from the Research Hospital of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science in Tokyo's Minato Ward to the University of Tokyo Hospital in Bunkyo Ward about 9 kilometers away on April 10 to receive more generalized care. Masato Shinohara, 40, a worker at a uranium-processing plant run by JCO Co. arrived by ambulance at the hospital at around 11:30 a.m. and was carried to the intensive care unit.

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