National Hospital Organization Tokushima Medical Center East Hospital

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Located in Itano-cho, Itano-gun, Tokushima Prefecture, Tokushima Medical Center East Hospital is a medical facility with 12 clinical departments including Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, Radiology, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics, Urology, Rehabilitation Medicine, and Anesthesiology. The hospital operates 276 beds, with 100 general ward beds, 20 tuberculosis ward beds, and 156 beds for severe motor and intellectual disabilities. As a specialized medical institution for respiratory diseases including tuberculosis and lung cancer, it serves as a designated tuberculosis facility and also functions as a specialized medical institution for severe motor and intellectual disabilities. The hospital is designated as an emergency medical institution and provides treatment for cardiovascular diseases, chronic liver diseases, breast cancer, gastrointestinal diseases, kidney diseases including hemodialysis, and pediatric chronic diseases such as nephritis and nephrotic syndrome. It holds various medical designations including health insurance medical institution, workers' compensation insurance designated medical institution, designated infectious disease medical institution (type II/tuberculosis), pollution-related medical institution, designated pediatric care medical institution (pediatric tuberculosis), designated rare disease medical expense assistance medical institution, designated pediatric chronic specific disease medical institution, designated medical institution under the Public Assistance Act, designated medical facility for persons with severe motor and intellectual disabilities under the Child Welfare Act, designated clinical training hospital (collaborative type), designated independent support medical institution (rehabilitation medicine/developmental medicine), medical institution with physicians designated under the Physical Disability Welfare Act, designated medical institution for atomic bomb victims, and designated medical institution for wounded war veterans under the Wounded War Veterans Special Assistance Act. The hospital provides English-language services for outpatients and accepts credit card and electronic payments. It has on-site parking and is barrier-free accessible.