Progress of Yamamoto Kumiai General Hospital and Future Community Health Care
10.2185/jjrm.53.885
- Author:
Hiromichi OHBUCHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Hospitals;
seconds;
Yamamoto;
Future;
medical care
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2004;53(6):885-893
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Yamamoto Kumiai General Hostpital is located in Noshiro City 60 kilometers north of Akita City. The area served by the hospital has a population of about 100,000. We have 20 medical care departments, 534 beds, and 600 satff members. The hospital was founded on February 1, 1933 with 2 departments of internal medicine and surgery, 4 doctors, and 22 beds. On November 10, 1955, the hospital was destroyed by fire, but it was rebuilt next year. In 1963, an extension was built, and the member of beds increased to 340. Because of the hospital's insufficient capacity and again facilities, construction of a new hospital was decided. In August 1989, we moved to the new hospital building.The biggest task of the hospital is to hire and retain doctors. In 1994, the number of doctores increased to 46, but it was not enough. Therefore, we needed continued efforts to secure more doctors. A weakened management base due to a decrease in the number of patients has become a big problem. We are now at a turning point.The number of people receiving thorough medical checkups in a year is over 6,000, and a health examination center needs to be established. The number of people undergoing early-morning general checkups amounts to 5,000 per year. The number of emergency patients is about 13,000 annually.As a community-core hospital, we consider that it is most important to “secure the quality of health care.” We are planning to function as a clinical teaching hospital.We are also aiming at establishing ourselves as a community medical support hospital, a tertiary emergency medical care center, and an emergency hospital.We will do our very best to protect people's health and life for the future, keeping in mind the philosophy at the time of the foundation of the hospital:coping with the change of the times, and going along with the inhabitants of this area.
