8 year old girl among tsunami victims denied help after fears they could spread radiation to other survivors

Tests needed before people made homeless are allowed into shelters
Thousands suspected of contamination told 'don't come near'

An eight-year-old girl is among scores of people refused medical help or shelter in Japan because of fears they could be contaminated by radiation and could pass it on to others.

People who have been made homeless as a result of the leakage of radiation at the Fukushima nuclear plant, 135 miles north of Tokyo, have to be screened and then given an 'all clear' certificate.

If they do not have a certificate, they are being told they cannot be allowed into evacuation centres amid fears that they might be a 'hibakusha' - a person contaminated by radiation.

Shelter: Evacuees live in partitioned 'rooms' at a shelter for people evacuated from the Fukushima region - but they will not be allowed in until they have the 'all clear'

The ban is a reminder of the discrimination suffered by irradiated survivors of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Misguided rumours suggested they could make other people ill.

The father of an eight-year-old girl said she was refused treatment for a skin condition in a hospital in Fukushima city because she did not have a screening certificate.

Mr Takayuki Okamura told the Mainichi Daily newspaper: 'I am worried already with my life as an evacuee. It was a real shock to have (mydaughter's) appointment refused.'

Safety: A woman who has been tested for radiation sits inside the tent which has become her new home

And a woman from Fukushima who decided to evacuate her family to an area north of Tokyo wrote on a blog that a hotel in Saitama prefecture had refused to accept them as guests.

But officials running evacuation centres said that anyone who had been living within 19 miles of the crippled plant must produce certificates to show they have not been contaminated by radiation.

'If they don't have them, they will need to be screened at the site,' said one official.

'It's so that the rest of the evacuees can feel safe. It's a matter of peace of mind.'

The clearance certificates are being issued by the Fukushima prefectural government, which says they are the only way they can set the minds of others at ease.

'Although evacuees normally shouldn't have to prove they have been screened in order to enter an evacuation centre, the situation is that there are some shelters that require them,' said Kosuke Yamagishi, of the prefecture's medical services division.

'People are simply over-reacting and sadly this could lead to discrimination.

'Unless they are plant workers, ordinary people aren't dangerous.'

The certificates carry the words 'screening approved' written above an official stamp with the person's name, sex and date of birth.

'Since the people were not able to enter the evacuation centre, we were forced to issue these certificates to help out,' said Mr Yamagishi.

Disaster: A sampling building near a water drain at the Fukushima nuclear power plant burns yesterday after yet another fire broke out

Ruined: The world's largest concrete pump mounted on a truck removes contaminated water from from Unit 4 of the plant, while right, smoke billows from the number 3 reactor

The girl who who was turned away from a hospital was from Minamisoma city, part of which was added to the evacuation zone this week.

'Even the youngest and most vulnerable are affected by the ban at the centres,' said an official from Minamisoma.

Miss Sadayasu Abe, a secretary for the mayor of Minamisoma confirmed that children had been rejected from evacuation centres.

'It's really sad for them to be told "Don't come near, don't come near.'"

Distrust has continued to spread, even though only three plant workers out of 17,000 people who were screened had shown to be at risk.

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