Dr Zubaida Rahman visits hospital and home-care nursing centre in Tokyo, meets Princess Takamado
On the third day of her Japan visit, Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and a cardiologist, visited institutions in Tokyo working in healthcare, elderly care and culture. She took part in the daylong programmes on Wednesday, 28 October.
During the day she visited a hospital, a home-care nursing centre and the Tokyo National Museum. She also paid a courtesy call on Princess Takamado, a member of Japan's imperial family.
Dr Zubaida Rahman began the day by visiting Fujita Health University Haneda Clinic, located at Haneda Innovation City in Tokyo. There she was briefed on the clinic's advanced medical technology and its range of healthcare services.
Officials said there are only five CT scanners of this kind in the world. She also learned about the clinic's PET-CT and MRI facilities and the robot technology used to collect various samples.
Later, Dr Zubaida Rahman visited Hongo, a community-based home-care nursing centre run by the Sasakawa Health Foundation in Tokyo's Bunkyo-ku area. She toured its nursing and rehabilitation activities and exchanged views with the staff there.
After lunch, she visited the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno Park, where she viewed exhibits on Japanese heritage and culture.
As part of the day's programme, Dr Zubaida Rahman exchanged views with representatives of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in the afternoon, before paying a courtesy call on Princess Takamado.
Her day's engagements ended with briefings on the work of Japanese institutions in healthcare, elderly care and cultural heritage.
