Japanese doctors, nurses start treating Salvadorans

Japanese doctors, nurses start treating Salvadorans

SANTIAGO DE MARIA, El Salvador - Yasufumi Asai, one of seven Japanese medical-relief personnel, examines a girl who was injured by the Jan. 13 earthquake, at a hospital in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, on Jan. 16. Some 300-400 people were killed and thousands were injured in the magnitude 7.6 quake that jolted Central America.

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