Doctor working in town near Fukushima plant for 16 yrs

NAMIE, Japan - Doctor Shunji Sekine measures the blood pressure of a town official on May 9, 2013, at a temporary clinic that has opened at the town office building in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture.

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