Career
He was Director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital and lived near the hospital, about a mile from the explosion"s center. There it came to the attention of Warner Wells, Doctor of Medicine, an American physician who was working in Japan in 1950 as a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission." lieutenant was Doctor Wells, who in consultation with Doctor Hachiya, made the diary to be published in 1955, under the name of Hiroshima Diary. Hachiya"s diary cover the period from August
6, 1945 to September
30, 1945. He described the effects of the atomic bomb blast from its first flash in the early morning as he rested from his night shift as an air warden at the hospital. When Michihiko returned to the hospital that he works in, the Hiroshima Communications Hospital, he spent the night in the care of the hospital staff who were not seriously injured.
After his injuries healed Michihiko started making his daily rounds that he would have normally made as a doctor. The staff and patients at the hospital deem the atomic bomb that hit their city, pikadon.
Pika describes a flash of light and don describes an explosive sound.
As time passes an understanding of what hit their city clears up, and historical events such as the surrender of Japan are brought up. The condition of the hospital also drastically improves as more medical supplies are brought into the city, allowing them to better treat patients. After the bombing he wrote the book The Hiroshima Diary.
This book describes what happened to him and what he saw.