Executive Director's Message

“Our goal is to be a hospital that is loved and trusted by the community and one that patients are happy to come to.”
~ Aspiring to realize medical care that does not leave the weak behind and incorporates the world's most advanced medical care ~

It has already been 20 years since I became a vice director of Shonan Kamakura General Hospital. With effect from July 2022, I took up the post of executive director, and this has made me realize the importance of my responsibilities.

To date, I have been committing myself to the post of vice director and deputy director of hospital from Internal Medicine, believing in my utmost mission of improving the quality of medical care in the hospital, and receiving support from many for this cause. Looking back, I have received a lot of support and guidance from many people in the introduction of electronic medical records, the establishment of a medical safety system, the launch of the Oncology Center, the operation of the Nutritional Support Team (NST), regenerative medicine, and transplantation medicine.
The hospital has received guidance from many doctors at medical associations and is loved by many residents through our comprehensive regional medical system that promotes medical cooperation, from emergency and critical care to advanced medical treatment and peaceful endings. Also, as a medical corporation activity, I have visited 14 countries in Africa to provide support for medical care in the area of renal medicine.

Our goal is to be a hospital that is loved and trusted by the community and one that patients are happy to come to. Above all, we strive to be a patient-friendly hospital. Our hospital is also an educational hospital that is accredited in many clinical areas. As the education of young physicians is one of our important missions, we really appreciate your understanding and corporation and hope to receive your honest feedback and guidance. In addition, many of our medical departments and physicians are playing active roles nationally and globally, and constantly putting effort into training and education to facilitate advancement of medicine. I am also taking operational considerations into account so that the benefits of these efforts will be passed on to all of our patients as quickly as possible. In order to ensure that patients have good quality of life and good end-of-life care, we are strengthening alliances with affiliated institutions, which include geriatric-health services facilities, special nursing homes, and home care centers. A “Center for Regional Comprehensive Healthcare” has been established, and we are making efforts to closely work with physicians, as well as staff from welfare and administrative agencies. We will continue to organize various activities e.g. in-house lectures, concerts, and “Non-profit Organization The society for thinking about healing medicine”, to reach out to more people. This is in the hope of becoming a center for improving the lifestyles and culture of the members of the community.

In April 2021, the hospital completed construction of the Advanced Medical Center Building, which focuses on enhancing comprehensive cancer treatment, and in April 2022, the Critical Care Center and Trauma Center Building. In addition to emergency medical care, psychological care for cancer patients, socially vulnerable patients, and post-trauma patients is becoming an increasingly important issue. We aim to become a new hospital of the next generation that provides world-class catheterization, endoscopic surgery, radiotherapy, and regenerative medicine, including mental palliative care. We will continue to improve our pediatric department, including newborn care, and establish a system for treating allergic diseases, which is said to be one of the least developed in the world. We would appreciate your understanding, cooperation and guidance

Executive Director　Shuzo Kobayashi

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Hospital Outline

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Historical Timeline

November, 1988	Shonan Kamakura Hospital opened.
June, 1995	Day Surgery opened with three beds.
December, 1995	SKGH become a medical corporation, known as Iryou Hojin Aishinkai.
October, 2002	SKGH attained V3 status in hospital function rating.
January, 2004	Electronic medical record system (KJC- web) was introduced and commened operation.
April, 2007	SKGH, in collaboration with Mirai Iryo Research Center Inc, opened the Clinical Research Center.
November, 2007	SKGH upgraded to a V5 status in hospital functional rating.
July, 2008	Oncology Center opened.
October, 2009	Listed as accredited Hospirate Hospital (Hospital rating project for better working conditions).
February, 2010	SKGH was recognized as Iryou Hojin (medical corporation) Okinawa Tokushukai.
April, 2010	Regenerative Medicine and Cell Processing Center opened.
September, 2010	SKGH opened at its new hospital site at Okamoto.
October, 2012	Accredited by Japan Council for Quality Health Care Ver. 6
October, 2012	Accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI)
March, 2013	Accredited Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients (JMIP)
April, 2013	SKGH is Appointed as Emergency and Critical Care Center
August, 2013	Re-accredited by JCI (Emergency and Critical Care Center Department)
April, 2014	SKGH is appointed as Corporation Hospital in case of disaster
April, 2015	Cancer treatment hospital designed by Kanagawa Prefecture
May, 2015	Designated as Research Institutes Handling Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
August, 2015	Accredited by the Specific Accreditation Committee for Regenerative Medicine, etc.
October, 2015	JCI (Joint Commission International) certification renewed
March, 2016	JMIP（Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients）re-certified
October, 2016	Hospital accreditaion by Japan Council for Quality Healthcare (3rdG:Ver.1.1) accredited
April, 2018	Advanced Medical Center opened
November, 2018	JCI (Joint Commission International) certification renewed
March, 2019	JMIP（Japan Medical Service Accreditation for International Patients）re-certified
July, 2019	East ward (10 beds) on the 15th floor opened
October, 2019	Hospirate (the evaluation of hospitals where people want to work) re-re-certified
April, 2020	Designated as a Regional Base Hospital for Cancer Treatment
April, 2020	Designated as a Community Medical Support Hospital
June, 2020	Chairman of the Board of Directors: Hisaaki Afuso, Chairman
April, 2021	Advanced Medical Center building completed
October, 2021	Changed to Tokushukai Medical Corporation Shonan Kamakura General Hospital
November, 2021	JCI (Joint Commission International) certification renewed
April, 2022	The Critical Care Center and Trauma Center Building completed (29 additional beds / 5 trauma operating rooms opened)
June, 2022	Chairman of the Board of Directors: Shinichi Higashiue, Chairman
July, 2022	Designated as a Kanagawa DMAT Designated Hospital
July, 2022	Designated as Kanagawa Prefecture Disaster Base Hospital