The hospital that Shinzo Abe went to is called Keio University Hospital, which is called Keio University Hospital according to Japanese parlance. The influence of this hospital in Japan is comparable to that of Peking University Third Hospital in China.
Keio University Hospital was founded in 1920. It is a prestigious world-class private comprehensive university in Japan. It is a comprehensive large-scale university hospital established by Keio University and has been certified as early as 1994. It is a specific functional hospital (equivalent to a domestic tertiary hospital). The hospital provides patient-centered medical services and is patient-friendly, earning it the trust of patients. The hospital will develop advanced medical technology to provide patients with high-quality and safe medical care, while training medical staff with rich humanities and profound wisdom to contribute to the development of medical care.
Keio University Hospital was certified as a core hospital for clinical research in 2016 and a core hospital for cancer genomic medicine in 2018. It is currently the only private university hospital. In addition, in 2018, the hospital was selected as the Cabinet Office's AI Clinical Model Hospital, and has cooperated with a number of companies to improve medical services with safety as the top priority with the goal of applying AI technology to improve medical efficiency and automation. In addition, the hospital assumes the responsibility of contributing to world medical care and will strive to play a leading role in the development of new medical technologies, drugs, medical equipment, and cancer treatments. ?
Keio University Hospital has 31 medical departments and 30 medical facilities departments, and a medical staff of 2,696 people (as of March 1, 2019), including about 900 training clinicians. It belongs to various departments and has 960 beds. The total number of outpatients in the hospital is approximately 827,113 per year, with an average of 3,086 patients received per day; the total number of admitted patients per year is approximately 286,188, with an average of approximately 800 patients per day. The hospital treats more than 16,000 emergency patients every year and performs more than 14,000 surgeries a year. ?
A reporter asked Abe about his current physical condition. Abe replied: ?To ensure that my physical condition is foolproof, I underwent a physical examination the day before yesterday. I want to get back to work from now on and continue to work hard. ?But judging from Abe’s current frequent visits to the hospital, his health condition may not be optimistic.