Tohoku Shinseien Sanatorium

Tōhoku Shinseien Sanatorium or National Sanatorium Tōhoku Shinseien is a sanatorium for leprosy or ex-leprosy patients situated in Tome-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan, founded in 1939.

National Sanatorium Tōhoku Shinseien
Geography
LocationSakomachi, Tome, Miyagi, Japan
Organisation
Care systemHealthCare of those who had leprosy
TypeNational hospital run by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
History
Opened1939
Links
Websitewww.tohoku-shinseien.com
ListsHospitals in Japan

History

Background

Following prefectural sanatoriums, the Japanese Government decided to increase sanatoriums, starting with National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium in 1930. Tohoku Shinseien Sanatorium was the 6th sanatorium which was established in 1939.

Tohoku Shinseien Sanatorium

  • In October, 1939, National Sanatorium Tohoku Shinseien was established.
  • Apr 1996:The 1953 Leprosy Prevention Law was abolished.
  • Jul 1998: The trial for compensation started.
  • May 11, 2001: The trial for compensation ruled that the previous Leprosy Prevention was unconstitutional.
  • May 25, 2001: The trial for compensation was confirmed. The compensation of 8,000,000 yen to 14,000,000 yen was given to patients depending on the duration of unconstitutional periods.

Number of Patients at the end of the fiscal year

The number of in-patients is the sum of patients which changed not only by the newly diagnosed hospitalized and those who died among in-patients, by other factors such as the number of patients who escaped or were discharged, depending on the condition of the times. Recently they were encouraged to be discharged, but the long period of the segregation policy causing leprosy stigma might influence the number of those who went into the society.

  • the end of the fiscal year is the March 31, next year[1]
Number of in-patients
YearMalesFemalesTotal
1939391352
1940311139450
1945430175605
1955397220617
1965350204554
1975299174473
1985230157387

[2]

YearNumber of
in-patients
2003191
2004177
2005167
2006158
2007152
2008144

The number of healed, discharged patients

YearPatients
19409
194121
194213
19438
19442
19455
19463
19470
YearPatients
19480
19493
19500
19510
19521
19530
19542
19551
YearPatients
19562
19573
19582
19592
196029
19617
19626

[3]

Museum

  • On June 26, 2006, "Shinsei Museum" opened with various historical materials concerning patients' life in previous days of the Sanatorium in the classroom of the branch school of Hanokizawa within the Sanatorium. Its purpose is to reduce leprosy stigma. It is open between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays.

Notes

  1. Leprosy and society(1986), Kon S, J. Iwate med Ass. 38,2,161-174
  2. Number of in-patients (residents) 2009.12.20 Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jinjutsu wo Mattou Seshi Hito The history of Dr. Kamikawa Yutaka,(1970) ed. Mamoru Uchida, Tohoku Shinseien

References

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