Kizawa Memorial Hospital


Kizawa Memorial Hospital is a semi-public non-for-profit general hospital located in central Japan. It is the flagship hospital of the Koseikai Health System. It serves the cities of Minokamo, Kani and surrounding municipalities with a combined population of more than 200,000 persons. It is one of the eight major centers for urgent care and disaster response designated by the Gifu Prefectural Government.
The hospital was founded in 1913 as The Recovery Clinic. By 1952, the clinic had become a small hospital and was renamed Kizawa Hospital after the founder. In 1966, the hospital had grown to 190 beds. The current hospital has 452 beds. In 2012, the hospital was ranked #17 nationwide in the private non-profit category.
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Activity

Statistics for Jan-Dec. 2013.
  • Admissions
  • *First admissions: 9,033
  • Surgeries: 2,837
  • Outpatient visits: 251,279
  • ER presentations
  • *Walk-in: 16,465
  • *Ambulance: 3,512
  • *ER admissions: 2,721
  • Births: 345
  • CT: 26,048
  • MRI: 10,571
  • PET: 2,491
  • Tomotherapy: 10,038

Medical Technology

Staff

  • Physicians: 107
  • Nurses, nurse aids and midwives: 500
  • Pharmacists: 19
  • Radiological and physiological technicians: 56
  • Rehabilitation therapists: 67
  • Administrative/other: 194

Notable Persons

Jitsuhiro Yamada

CEO of Koseikai Health System since 2000. Neurosurgeon. International President of Lions Clubs International.

Yasuo Kitajima

Director of Kizawa Memorial Hospital since 2009. Dermatologist. Best Doctors in Japan Award, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Former director of Gifu University Hospital. Recurring guest on Takeshi Kitano's health-themed variety show.

Shigetoyo Saji

Special advisor of Kizawa Memorial Hospital. Oncology surgeon. Current president of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society. Former director of Gifu University Hospital.

Accreditations

  • JCAHC Accredited Hospital
  • MINDS Medical Information Network Distribution Service
  • VHJ, Voluntary Hospitals of Japan
  • Japan Council for Evaluation of Postgraduate Clinical Training
  • Gifu Prefectural DMAT Disaster Response Team Designated Hospital
  • Gifu Prefectural Designated Higher Brain Dysfunction Support Hospital

Affiliated Institutions

Operated by Kizawa Memorial Hospital, administered by National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victim’s Aid, a subsidiary of the MLIT. It has a 50-bed ward for patients with prolonged brain dysfunction due to traffic-related injury.
  • Dialysis Center
112 patients
Medical fitness club.

Public Transport