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When Dr. Sadao came to know that the seriously wounded man was an escaped prisoner of war, he thought that he should be thrown back into the sea. But he was aware that if he handed over the man to the police, he was sure to die. As a doctor, who was trained to save the life of a human being if he could do it, he could not do so. So Sadao along with his wife Hana carried the man to the empty bedroom of their house.
They laid the man on the deeply matted floor. Dr. Sadao said that he should better be washed. When their servant Yumi did not do so, Hana and later on Sadao himself washed him. Their servants were deadly against keeping the young Americans in the house.
They refused to enter his room even. Though Dr. Sadao hated the young American being from an enemy country, yet he decided to treat him because of his duty as a doctor towards a dying human being. But no servant was prepared to understand this. So, a few days after Dr. Sadao performed the I operation upon the wounded man, all of his servants had left the house.
Hana would serve the young man the food herself. Then there was a greater risk of Dr. Sadao being arrested for harbouring a prisoner of war. But he did not deter from his duty as a doctor and regularly examined and looked after his medical needs with dedication.