(1) Remedial Responses at Early Stages

Public Health Protection

Kumamoto Prefecture and Minamata City have been extending financial support to the patients of Minamata Disease to lessen their burdens associated with medical expenses since the first patient was identified. Kumamoto Prefecture and Minamata City have been extending financial support to the patients of Minamata Disease to reduce their burdens associated with medical expenses since the first patient was identified.
At the beginning, when the cause of the disease had not yet been discovered, they officially counted the patients as suspected cases of Japanese At the beginning of the At the beginning of the disease when the cause of the disease had not yet been discovered, they officially counted the patients as suspected cases of Japanese encephalitis and offered them the isolation wards of the municipal hospital and Kumamoto University Medical School so that they were able to receive the medical treatment at public expenses. Public assistance programs were also applied to cover daily and medical payments.
The treatment method for Minamata Disease can be roughly classified as causal treatment and symptomatic treatment, the former of which is to have methylmercury compound excreted with the help of medicines and the latter is to apply different treatments according to the symptom exhibited. The treatment method for Minamata Disease can be roughly classified as causal treatment and symptomatic treatment, the former of which is to have methylmercury compound excreted with the help of medicines and the latter is to apply different treatments according to the symptom exhibited. The above two are sometimes accompanied by rehabilitation.
However, their effectiveness is limited to advanced or chronic cases.
Furthermore, in March 1965, a municipal hospital was established at the municipal hospital and exclusively dedicated to the patients of Minamata Disease. Furthermore, in March 1965, a municipal rehabilitation center (Yunoko Hospital) affiliated to the municipal hospital opened and rented to the patients of Minamata Disease. Furthermore, in March 1965, a municipal rehabilitation center (Yunoko Hospital) affiliated to the municipal hospital opened and rendered itself to the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients. Furthermore, in March 1965, a municipal rehabilitation center (Yunoko Hospital) affiliated to the municipal hospital opened and rendered itself to the treatment and rehabilitation of the patients.
In 1912, Meisui-En, the only social welfare institute for officially- recognized patients of Minamata Disease in Japan, was established to provide the In 1912, Meisui-En, the only social welfare institute for officially- recognized patients of Minamata Disease in Japan, was established to provide the