Physician Iwamura who devoted 18 years to Nepal's sick dies at 78

Physician Iwamura who devoted 18 years to Nepal's sick dies at 78

KOBE, Japan - Noboru Iwamura (in file photo), a physician who devoted 18 years of his life to offering medical services for the sick of Nepal, died of an acute respiratory failure at a Hyogo Prefecture hospital on Nov. 27, his family said. He was 78. Iwamura, a former professor at Kobe University School of Medicine, was awarded the 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding for his overseas service.

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