Guide to Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals
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GUIDE TO TOKYO METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS Off ice of Metropolitan Hospital Management Tokyo Metropolitan Government Overview of Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals History of Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals Healthcare Service Areas The history of Tokyo metropolitan hospitals dates back to 1879, when facilities for mental illness and cholera and Healthcare service areas have been established as regional units to properly meet resident demand for other infectious diseases were established. healthcare; to appropriately allocate healthcare resources; and to promote a more systematic provision of Metropolitan hospitals have been serving the residents of Tokyo, providing healthcare that meets current social healthcare services by encouraging the division of roles and collaboration between healthcare facilities. needs and the changing supply and demand for medical care. • In the primary healthcare service area, community-oriented healthcare services, such as support for well-being and treatment for common injuries and diseases, are provided. Each municipality constitutes one Role of Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals primary healthcare service area. The basic role of metropolitan hospitals is to provide Tokyo residents with proper “public healthcare services” • In the secondary healthcare service area, total general inpatient care, as well as comprehensive healthcare supported by an advanced and specialized, multidisciplinary care system and to ensure quality medical services services through cooperation among medical facilities, are provided. Tokyo is divided into 13 secondary in the capital through close collaboration with other hospitals and facilities. healthcare service areas. Metropolitan hospitals are meant to serve all the residents of Tokyo. In order to fully utilize limited medical • In the tertiary healthcare service area, advanced inpatient care and specialized healthcare services are resources to provide as many people as possible with proper healthcare by leveraging the sophisticated provided. The entire Tokyo area is a single tertiary healthcare service area. capabilities of the metropolitan hospitals, these hospitals serve the entire Tokyo area (tertiary healthcare service area) or secondary healthcare service areas, and primarily provide acute care. Public Healthcare Services Provided by Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals Metropolitan hospitals provide the following public healthcare services: Multidisciplinary Care System 1. Medical attention required under laws and regulations (e.g. emergency psychiatric care, disaster healthcare) Treating a cancer patient who also has diabetes, for example, requires multidisciplinary care involving doctors 2. Medical attention arising from strong social demand (e.g. medical care for intractable diseases, perinatal specializing in not only oncology but also different areas such as diabetes, ophthalmology and orthopedics. This care, secondary and tertiary emergency care) collaborative approach to treat various symptoms and complications is called a “multidisciplinary care system.” 3. Medical attention for newly arising medical challenges that metropolitan hospitals need to take the lead in addressing (e.g. mental illness in children, AIDS treatment) [ Emergency care: Tokyo ER Hiroo ] [ Disaster healthcare: Tokyo Disaster Medical Assistance Team ] [ Infectious disease care: Response training a new strain of influenza ] [ Infectious disease care: Room for patients with type I infections diseases ] [ Cancer treatment: Advanced high-precision radiation therapy system “CyberKnife” ] [ Perinatal care: Neonatal intensive care unit ] Pictures on the front page ① [ Helicopter transport of an emergency patient (Hiroo Hospital) ] ① ⑥ ② [ Mother and child statues (Ohtsuka Hospital) ] ③ [ Advanced high-precision radiation therapy system “Vero4DRT” (Komagome Hospital) ] ② ③ ④ ⑤ ④ [ Intensive care unit (Bokutoh Hospital) ] ⑤ [ Tokyo ER Tama (Tama Medical Center) ] ⑥ [ Promenade (Neurological Hospital) ] ⑦ ⑧ ⑦ [ Neonatal intensive care unit (Children’s Medical Center) ] ⑧ [ Day room (Matsuzawa Hospital) ] 1 2 Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital About Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitals Serving as “Tokyo ER Hiroo,” which As a designated prefectural cancer care There are eight metropolitan hospitals administered by the Office of Metropolitan Hospital Management. includes tertiary emergency care, Tokyo hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital provides Hospital is contributing to the These metropolitan hospitals comprise six regular hospitals (Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo emergency care for patients with a improvement of cancer treatment in the Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh variety of ailments, including injuries capital while also providing specialized Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, and Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital), one and diseases that other medical medical care for infectious diseases, with a institutions would find difficult to treat. children's hospital (Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center), and one psychiatric hospital (Tokyo focus on acquired immune deficiency As a designated key medical institution syndrome (AIDS), Class 1 and Class 2 Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital), and operate as public enterprises subject to the financial provisions of in times of emergency, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital also infectious diseases, and new infectious diseases. the Local Public Enterprise Act (Law No. 292, 1952). contributes to the improvement of disaster healthcare in the Tokyo Metropolis. 3-18-22, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677 Tel.: 03-3823-2101 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013 http://www.cick.jp/ Tel.: 03-3444-1181 Number of beds: 833 (803 regular beds, ,30 infectious disease beds) http://www.byouin.metro.tokyo.jp/hiroo/ Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital Number of beds: 482 (452 regular beds, 30 psychiatric beds) Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical As the center for psychiatric care in the Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital Center serves the following three Tokyo Metropolis, Tokyo Metropolitan main functions: emergency care, Matsuzawa Hospital provides highly Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital Serving as “Tokyo ER Bokutoh,” which including “Tokyo ER Tama,” which specialized psychiatric and medical includes tertiary emergency care, Tokyo centers on tertiary emergency care, services for patients with mental Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital is a and psychiatric emergency care; illness, centering on acute psychiatric not only provides advanced and medical care center in other fields as well, cancer treatment; and perinatal care, in close cooperation with other specialized perinatal care, but also such as perinatal care. It also lives up to care. With the aim of raising the medical institutions as well as public actively responds to the increasing need its role as a designated key regional level of care in the Tama area as a whole, the hospital is striving to health and social welfare facilities. for emergency care, particularly for center covering all 23 wards of Tokyo, make further improvements and enhancements to its medical children. It also offers highly specialized with a focus on the Sumida, Koto, and care functions. 2-1-1, Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057 treatment for rheumatism and collagen Edogawa wards in eastern Tokyo. Tel.: 03-3303-7211 disease. 2-8-29, Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8524 http://www.byouin.metro.tokyo.jp/matsuzawa/ 4-23-15, Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8575 Tel.: 042-323-5111 Number of beds: 898 (90 regular beds, 808 psychiatric beds) 2-8-1, Minamiohtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8476 Tel.: 03-3633-6151 http://www.fuchu-hp.fuchu.tokyo.jp/ Tel.: 03-3941-3211 http://bokutoh-hp.metro.tokyo.jp/ Number of beds: 789 (705 regular beds, 36 psychiatric beds, 48 http://www.byouin.metro.tokyo.jp/ohtsuka/ Number of beds: 723(677 regular beds, 36 psychiatric beds, 10 infectious tuberculosis beds) Number of beds: 508 (508 regular beds) disease beds) Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital Okutama As a center for the treatment of Ome neurological diseases in the Tokyo Metropolis, Tokyo Metropolitan Mizuho Kiyose Adachi Neurological Hospital provides Itabashi advanced and specialized medical Hamura Higashi- Kita care for patients with neurological Hinode Musashi- murayama Higashi- Higashi- Nerima disorders, including catastrophic murayama yamato kurume Katsushika illness at all stages from early to Fussa Arakawa Nishitokyo Toshima advanced. Hinohara Akiruno Tachikawa Kodaira Bunkyo Taito Sumida Musashino 2-6-1, Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0042 Akishima Kokubunji Koganei Nakano Tel.: 042-323-5110 Shinjuku Suginami Edogawa http://www.byouin.metro.tokyo.jp/tmnh/ Kunitachi Mitaka Chiyoda Number of beds: 304 (304 regular beds) Shibuya Chuo Koto Hino Fuchu Hachioji Chofu Minato Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center Setagaya Oshima Inagi Komae Tama Meguro Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center provides advanced specialized care Toshima Shinagawa for children with mental and physical conditions, as well as acute medical care Niijima focused on serious emergency patients. It Machida also serves as the center for pediatric care in Kozushima Ota the Tokyo Metropolis. Ogasawara Miyake 2-8-29, Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8561 Tel.: 042-300-5111 http://www.byouin.metro.tokyo.jp/shouni/ Mikurajima Number of beds: 561 (347 regular beds, 202