Lessons learned from the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Six months on after Japan was hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history, the country is still a long way off from restoring its devastated infrastructure. In this article, Takashi Shimada, vice-chairman of the American Medical Devices and Diagnostics Manufacturers’ Association (AMDD) and president of Medtronic Group in Japan, gives a first-hand account of the quake's impact on the country's healthcare delivery system and how medtech companies coped in the aftermath