Nagoya City West Medical Center

Nagoya City West Medical Center
Geography
Location 1-1-1 Hirate-cho, Kita-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan
Organisation
Care system Public
Hospital type District
Services
Beds 500
History
Founded 2011
Links
Website www.west-medical-center.city.nagoya.jp
Lists Hospitals in Japan

Nagoya City West Medical Center (名古屋市立西部医療センター) is a general hospital located in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Japan, which is administered by the City of Nagoya. This hospital was established in May 2011, from the merger of two hospitals, Nagoya City Jouhoku Hospital and Nagoya City Jousai Hospital.

Overview

Nagoya City West Medical Center has 500 beds. This hospital is putting a lot of resources into perinatal care, which is certified as Baby Friendly Hospital (BFH). There are 36 beds in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which accepts neonates requiring intensive care from the north region of Nagoya city and its suburbs such as Kasugai city or Komaki city. In February 2013, Nagoya Proton Therapy Center, which is the first proton therapy facility in the three Tokai prefectures of Aichi, Gifu, and Mie, was opened.

History

Services

Gastroenterology, Hematology, Nephrology, Endocrine/Diabetes internal medicine, Neurology, Respirology, Surgery, Orthopedics, Dermatology, Urology, Gynecology & Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Radiology, Dentistry/Oral surgery, Anesthesiology

Access

This center is just 10 and 15 minutes by taxi from Sakae station and Nagoya station, respectively. There are direct bus routes from Sakae station, from Nagoya station and from nearest station, Kurokawa. This hospital was reached for about 5 minutes from the kurokawa, Shonai-dori, or Torimi-cho eixits on the Nagoya Expressway. Parking garage is next to the hospital, connected with the hospital via a passageway.

References

    Coordinates: 35°12′07″N 136°54′08″E / 35.2020°N 136.9022°E / 35.2020; 136.9022

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