Tohoku Shinseien Sanatorium

Hospital in Miyagi, Japan

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.

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]

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The number of healed, discharged patients

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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

• Leprosy and society(1986), Kon S. J. Iwate med Ass 38,2,161-174.(In Japanese)
• Leprosy in Japan
• Dr.Kamikawa Yutaka in Japanese

External links

• Shinseien Leprosarium HP in Japanese

38°40′56″N 141°03′38″E / 38.68222°N 141.06056°E / 38.68222; 141.06056