# Terufumi Sasaki

> Terufumi Sasaki  was a surgeon at the Red Cross hospital in Hiroshima and was situated 1,650 yards (1,510 m) from the hypocenter of the Little Boy explosion on August 6, 1945. Twenty-five years old that year, out of an initial 30 interviewed, he became one of the six central characters found in John Hersey's 1946 story for The New Yorker magazine that was subsequently published as the book Hiroshima. He lived at his family home in Mukaihara district prior to the detonation and practiced medicine in communities with poor health care without a permit.

*Surgeon at the Red Cross hospital in Hiroshima, survivor of the atomic bomb*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Japan
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Terufumi Sasaki  was a surgeon at the Red Cross hospital in Hiroshima and was situated 1,650 yards (1,510 m) from the hypocenter of the Little Boy explosion on August 6, 1945. Twenty-five years old that year, out of an initial 30 interviewed, he became one of the six central characters found in John Hersey's 1946 story for The New Yorker magazine that was subsequently published as the book Hiroshima. He lived at his family home in Mukaihara district prior to the detonation and practiced medicine in communities with poor health care without a permit.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.8 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 68.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Terufumi Sasaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terufumi_Sasaki)
- [تروفومی ساساکی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C)
- [사사키 데루후미](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%82%AC%ED%82%A4_%EB%8D%B0%EB%A3%A8%ED%9B%84%EB%AF%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54010197)

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