Ex–Chief at Fukushima Daiichi bleeding to brain … Undergoes emergency brain hemorrhage surgery

Published: July 30th, 2012 at 6:48 pm ET
By ENENews

Follow-up to:

• Head of Fukushima plant hospitalized suddenly from unnamed illness -- "I had no choice but to be hospitalised at very short notice"

• Fukushima Worker Tweets: TEPCO told hospitalized chief to step down -- "Yoshida is expected to talk about the truth when he finally becomes free"

• Tokyo hospital president doubts Tepco claim that Fukushima boss Yoshida has cancer of esophagus -- Exposed to at least 70 milliSv radiation dose

(Subscription Only) Title: Ex-Fukushima plant chief Yoshida suffered bleeding to brain: TEPCO
Source:  Kyodo News
Date: July 30, 2012Read more

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday that former Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant chief Masao Yoshida last week suffered bleeding to the brain and underwent emergency surgery.

“His condition is serious, but there’s no threat to his life and he’s conscious,” Executive Vice President Zengo Aizawa said at a press conference, while refraining from commenting further on Yoshida, who played a key role in handling the nuclear crisis at the plant last year.

Yoshida felt ill last Thursday and was taken to a hospital where he was found to be suffering bleeding to the brain, according to Aizawa.
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Jiji Headline: “Masao Yoshida, Ex-Chief at Fukushima N-Plant, Undergoes Brain Hemorrhage Surgery”

UPDATE: 57-year-old former chief of Fukushima plant had brain hemorrhage after becoming ill while out last Thursday -- "Symptoms are serious" says Tepco -- Hemorrhagic syndromes increased 9-fold after Chernobyl

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