Hospital Overview

History

April 1971: Permission to open 13 departments and 1,051 beds
July 1971: Opening
June 1979: Approved as 3rd Emergency Medical Institution
December 1985: Approved as Specially Approved Health Insurance Medical Institution
April 1986: Opened Emergency and critical care building (currently Building No.2)
Number of beds permitted changed to 1,069
December 1993: Approved as Special Functioning Hospital
November 1996: Designated as Regional Disaster Base Hospital
February 1997: Selected as AIDS Treatment Base Hospital
April 1998: Added new building (Building No.1, currently East Building)
Opened Cardiovascular Center, Respiratory Center, Cerebrovascular Center, Perinatal-Maternal and Child Center, Set up Kitasato University Healthcare Center
May 1999: Opened General Rehabilitation Center
April 2001: Designated as Secondary Radiation Medical Facility
April 2002: Added Pediatric Surgery to departments (24 in total)
November 2002: Set up Palliative Office
April 2003: Set up Medical Safety Control Office, Genetic Examination Department, opened Patient Counseling Counter
May 2003: Introduced Comprehensive Evaluation by Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC)
August 2003: Number of beds permitted changed to 1,033
September 2003: Approved as Hospital Functional Assessment (No. JC40)
October 2003: Set up Operating Strategy Planning Office
April 2004: Designated as Managed Clinical Training Hospital
May 2004: Set up Health Insurance Treatment Planning Office
October 2004: Set up Outpatient Chemotherapy Center Department
January 2005: Designated as Comprehensive Perinatal-Maternal and Child Medical Center
April 2006: Set up Medical Transplantation Support Office, Apoplexy Examination Department, Nursing V System, Basic fee for hospital admission approved by “7 to 1”, Set up General Medicine Department
July 2006: Reorganized Medical Information Control Office, Patient Support Center, Clinical Training Center
January 2007: Designated as Regional Center for Cancer Care
April 2007: Set up Infection Control Office
April 2008: Changed name to The Kitasato Institute Kitasato University Hospital
April 2009: Set up Career Development Center
August 2010: Set up Radiological Diagnostic Imaging Department, Radiation Treatment Department
January 2011: Set up RST/RRT Office
March 2011: Set up Nursing Collaboration Center
May 2014: Opening of new hospital (currently Main Building)
August 2017: Completed Clinical Education Research Building (IPE Building)
December 2017: Approved as International Standard “ISO15189 (Clinical Laboratory - Specific requirements regarding quality and competency)”
April 2018: Designated as Cancer Genome Medical Cooperation Hospital
February 2020: Designated as Training Institution Designated for Specified Act Training
March 2020: Closing of Kitasato University East Hospital
April 2020: Opening of West Building
April 2020: Number of beds permitted changed to 1,135 (General beds: 1,093, Psychiatric beds: 42)
April 2020: Designated as Regional Center for Cancer Care (Advanced type)
May 2020: Approved as Priority Medical Institution for COVID-19 [Kanagawa Model](utilizing former Kitasato University East Hospital facilities)
August 2020: Designated as Kanagawa Prefecture Nuclear Emergency Hub Hospital

Building overview

Number of beds permitted	1,185 (General beds: 1,143, Psychiatric beds: 42) * As of November 1st 2021
Main building	1 basement floor, 14 floors above ground, roof-top helipad, reinforced concrete structure, partly steel construction, seismic isolation Total floor area: 92,734 m2
West Building	4 floors above ground, 1 penthouse, steel construction, seismic isolation Total floor area: 10,747 m2
East Building	1 basement floor, 8 floors above ground, steel-reinforced concrete structure, partly steel construction seismic isolation Total floor area: 22,613 m2

Department Overview

Departments

Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, Hematology, Neurology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine, Neuropsychiatry, Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Oncology, General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Urology, Genecology, Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Dentistry, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Surgery, General Medicine, Genetics

Centers and Others

Perinatal-Maternal and Child Care Center, Emergency and Disaster Medical Center, Gastrointestinal Center, Cardiovascular Center, Respiratory Center, Apoplexy Center, Rehabilitation Center, Neuropsychiatric Disorder Medical Center, Dementing Disorder Medical Center, Dysequilibrium Center, Intractable Disease Treatment Research Center, Surgical Operation Center, Intensive Care Center, Multidisciplinary Cancer Care and Treatment Center, Hemodialysis and Apheresis, Endoscopy Center, Interventional Radiology Center

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