Yokohama City University Medical Center

Yokohama City University Medical Center (横浜市立大学附属市民総合医療センター) is a general hospital located in Minami-ku, Yokohama, Japan. Founded in 1871, it is the second oldest western-style hospital in Japan.[2][3]

Yokohama City University Medical Center
Geography
Location4-57 Urafune, Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 232-0024, Japan
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityYokohama City University
Services
Emergency departmentTertiary[1]
Beds726
History
Opened1871
Links
Websitewww.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/urahp/
ListsHospitals in Japan

History

Its predecessor was founded in 1871, and was renamed "Juzen Hospital" in 1874.[4] In 1892, the Scottish physician and Edinburgh Medical School graduate Neil Gordon Munro became director of the hospital. Yokohama Medical College was established as an attached medical school in 1944.[4] The medical college became Yokohama Medical School in 1947, before being merged with Yokohama City University in 1952.[4] It was later renamed the Yokohama City University Medical Center.

Facilities and operations

Yokohama City University Medical Center is a large general hospital serving the city of Yokohama, and a teaching facility for medical professionals including residents and nurses. It has 10 disease-specific centers, 19 departments, and 726 beds.[4]

Disease-specific centers

Advanced Critical Care and Emergency Center, General Perinatal Center, Rheumatism and Collagen Disorder Center, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center, Mental health Center, Cardiovascular Center, Gastrointestinal Disease Center, Respiratory Disease Center, Children's Medical Center, Reproduction Center

Departments

Comprehensive medical care, Hematology, Division of nephrology and hypertension, Endocrine/Diabetes internal medicine, Neurology, Mammary gland/Thyroid gland surgery, Orthopedics, Dermatology, Urology/Renal transplantation, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Radiology, Dentistry/Oral surgery/Orthodontics, Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation, Plastic surgery, Diagnostic pathology.

Rankings

Yokohama City University Medical Center was ranked top in the 2012 and 2013 surveys of "The Most Reliable Hospital Ranking in Japan" conducted by the Japanese magazine The Diamond Weekly.[5]

References
  1. Yokohama City University Medical Center | Yokohama City University
  2. 沿革/横浜市立大学医学部医学科同窓会倶進会
  3. 横浜歴史情報マップ ~ 横浜都市発展記念館
  4. “病院要覧 公立大学法人横浜市立大学附属市民総合医療センター” Outline of Yokohama City University Medical Center
  5. Graduate School of International Management Yokohama City University | JICA

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