424 hospitals nationwide that should be considered for reorganization integration 15:28 on September 26, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of over 400 hospitals across the country, such as public hospitals, determined that discussions such as reorganization and integration were necessary due to the fact that there were particularly few medical treatment results or similar hospitals nearby. Announced the hospital name. In the future, we will ask local governments to consider reorganization integration.
There are about 1500 public hospitals and public hospitals nationwide, but there are many places where there are too many beds due to few patients or hospitals similar to the surrounding area. It is pointed out that there is.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the name of the hospital on the 26th, saying that reorganization and integration should be discussed for 424 hospitals nationwide.
Of these, there are 277 hospitals with particularly limited medical treatments in areas such as cancer, perinatal period, and emergency, and 307 hospitals with medical institutions with similar functions in the vicinity.
By prefecture, there are 54 hospitals in Hokkaido, 22 in Niigata, 19 in Miyagi, and 15 in Nagano and Hyogo.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided that reorganization and integration of public hospitals will be decided not by the country but by the region. We want you to consider reorganization to share functions and roles with neighboring hospitals.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will notify the local government in the future, discuss reorganization and integration at conferences established by prefectures, etc., and ask for conclusions by the end of September next year.
However, the reorganization and integration of public hospitals may result in opposition from residents, and it is expected that discussion will be difficult in some areas.