With the arrival here of additional "Japanese Red Gross units from Osaka, Japanese Military Headquarters' yesterday was. com: Pleting. arrangements to augment The free medical service now being provided "Chinese. by. the, naval redieal vans in Chapel and other sections of the occupied territory.
Inaugurated originally to supply rmedien! attention t0 Japanese out oats. and detachments. the travel Chitose requiring emergency trea ting: medical vans found. so many
tron that ewen decided to extend the scope of the original operations to'imelude all residents. of occupied territory. The result is that. during the. past. two. weeks, 4.516 Chinese: patients of both se ages, have. received. trea from "the naval "Red Cross. units hile a total of 6,002 have been a commodated since the service start-
In addition to the treatment of diseases of various kinds, the surgeons attached to the vans have performed over 600 minor operations, not including the patients ordered to hospital, for more elaborate attention, The demands made on this service increased rapidly that additional medical units were dispatched from Osak arriving here last Friday. The en: tire occupied zone now has been tion to treatment, all bandages are supplied to the pa-fients free of charge by the Japanese, physicians, This, service is being maintained in conjunction with the free distribution of rice to indigent Chinese, who daily receive a ration from) travelling trucks. Due to the increase in the applications for this food, the Japanese authorities have had to institu watch on the beneficiary charity, In 'a number of instances it was found that Chinese of ample means were drawing rations, while other individuals were obtaining extra al-Jotments, which they then sold.
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