The forerunner of Kitasato Institute Hospital was Tsukushigaoka Yojoen, established by Shibasaburo Kitasato in 1893. Under the motto "Practical and Compassionate Care," the Hospital's fundamental policy rests on four pillars: clinical medicine, education, research, and crisis management. On this basis the Hospital is engaged in comprehensive healthcare from preventive medicine to the research, development, and provision of cutting-edge healthcare, as well as Oriental medicine. The Hospital has built a good collaborative relationship with regional healthcare institutions, corporations and other organizations, working together as a team, and it actively contributes to regional healthcare.
Established in 1989 in a verdant setting, and embracing compassionate treatment as its motto, the Hospital offers safe, leading-edge healthcare and healing. It practices team medicine by collaborating physicians and medical staff and, as a comprehensive medical-care educational institution, the Hospital continues to educate and train future generations of medical practitioners. Further, by maintaining the most advanced medical equipment, by providing a fully developed medical environment, and in other ways, the Hospital contributes to, and supports, the healthcare of the regional community.
Since its establishment in 1972, the Center has played a pioneering role in the study of Oriental medicine. In 1986, it became the first Japanese institution to be designated as a WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine. In the clinical department featuring Kampo (Japanese herbal) medicine and acupuncture, experts on Oriental medicine practice patient-focused treatments with a “human” touch. The Center will continue to focus on research, using Western medicine to complement Oriental medicine, to realize comprehensive healthcare practiced at an even higher level.
