Suruga Sanatorium (国立駿河療養所) or National Suruga Sanatorium is a national sanatorium for leprosy and ex-leprosy patients situated in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan since 1945.

National Suruga Sanatorium
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Geography
Location1915 Kōyama, Gotenba, Shizuoka, Japan
Organisation
Care systemHealthcare of those who had leprosy
TypeNational hospital run by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)
History
Opened1945
Links
Websitehosp.go.jp/~suruga2
ListsHospitals in Japan

History

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After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937- ), wounded soldiers became problematic and Matsuki Miyazaki proposed in 1937 that those who developed leprosy, during military service, should be given treatment and pension in the same degree as those who developed tuberculosis during service.[1]

The following is a timeline of events:

  • 1940: Treatment for leprosy in Japanese soldiers was approved.
  • 1942: A sanatorium was planned and National Sanatorium Wounded Soldiers' Suruga Sanatorium was established on December 15, 1944.
  • December 15, 1944: Sanatorium opened.
  • June 10, 1945: The first patient was hospitalized.
  • December 1, 1945: The facility became National Suruga Sanatorium.
  • April 1996: The 1953 Leprosy Prevention Law was abolished.
  • July 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 their incarceration.

Patients

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The number of in-patients varied depending on admissions, deaths, escapes and discharges.[2]

Year
[3]
Number of
in-patients
1945 44
1950 273
1955 436
1960 453
1965 373
1970 344
1975 306
1980 290
1985 251
1990 232
1995 214
1999 188
Year
Number of
in-patients
2003 151
2004 141
2005 136
2006 127
2007 119
2008 112

Space

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The site covered 364.680 hectares (900 acres). The buildings covered 22.241 hectares (50 acres)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ War and leprosy (1948), Miyazaki M. Repura 17,1-7.
  2. ^ Fukken eno Jitsugetsu(2001), Nyushosha Kyogikai, Koyo Shuppansha, Tokyo ISBN 4-87662-302-3
  3. ^ http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~libell/4ryouyousyo.html#itirannhyou Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine Number of in-patients(residents)2009.12.20
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