Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium

National Sanatorium Okinawa Airakuen
Geography
Location 1192 Sumuide, Nago, Okinawa, Japan
Organisation
Care system HealthCare of those who had leprosy
Hospital type National hospital run by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
Services
Beds 423 (Japanese health and medical law) and 309 (in-patients)
History
Founded 1938
Links
Website http://www.hosp.go.jp/~airakuen/
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Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium, (National Sanatorium Okinawa Airakuen) is a sanatorium for leprosy patients or ex-leprosy patients at Sumuide, Nago, Okinawa, Japan starting in 1938.

History

History before the sanatorium

Major changes

Sanatorium and the war

After the war

Number of patients

Year
[1]
Number of
in-patients
1945 657
1950 881
1955 909
1960 936
1965 755
1970 670
1975 655
1980 697
1985 641
1990 583
1995 539
1999 472
Year
[2]
Number of
in-patients
2003 355
2004 341
2005 326
2006 309
2007 291
2008 276

Notes

  1. Fukken eno Jitsugetsu (2001) Koyo Shuppansha Tokyo p.374
  2. 2009,1,5

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Coordinates: 26°40′34.2″N 128°01′08.3″E / 26.676167°N 128.018972°E