2019.13.4 Attendance at the Ceremony in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Association of Kenshikai Healthcare Corporation, 26th Anniversary of the Reshad Clinic, and 20th Anniversary of the Apolon Elderly Care Center

Attendance at the Ceremony in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Association of Kenshikai Healthcare Corporation, 26th Anniversary of the Reshad Clinic, and 20th Anniversary of the Apolon Elderly Care Center.

April 13, 2019: It was an honor for H.E. Ambassador Dr. Bashir Mohabbat to attend the ceremony in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Association of Kenshikai Healthcare Corporation, 26th Anniversary of the Reshad Clinic, and 20th Anniversary of the Apolon Elderly Care Center in Shimada City of Shizuoka Prefecture.

Dr. Khaled Reshad, a longtime friend of the embassy, came to Japan in 1969 and graduated from the Kyoto University Medical College in 1976. After working at several hospitals in western Japan, he established Reshad Clinic in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture in 1993. In 2002, Dr. Reshad launched the NGO “Karez Health & Educational services” to work on medical and educational services in his home country of Afghanistan. He has also contributed to the community health care in Shimada City with continued volunteer-medical-service activities in the suburb villages, and has been awarded the 61st Japanese Public Health Award, as well as the Foreign Minister’s Commendation for FY 2018 Award on July 24, 2018 - for the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and Afghanistan.

During his speech, on behalf of the people and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Mohabbat expressed profound congratulations to Dr. Reshad on the occasion of the anniversary of his clinic which has done so much to help improve lives both here in japan and back home in Afghanistan; serving as a great bridge between the two countries. In return, Dr. Reshad thanked H.E. Dr. Mohabbat not only for attending but also for his kind words. Further he assured H.E. Dr. Mohabbat that his clinic and NGO would continue to do all it could to continue helping improve the livelihoods of all the people it could both in Afghanistan and Japan.

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