BY NORIYOSHI OTSUKI STAFF WRITER
Beds that were used to evacuate patients during last year's nuclear disaster remain at Futaba Hospital in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 23. (Eiji Hori)
A day after the Tohoku earthquake hit, the Futaba Hospital director ordered 209 patients and all doctors and nurses to flee to safety as the disaster started unfolding at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.