Greetings Yao Municipal Hospital Yao-city Osaka JAPAN

My name is Takayuki Aminaka, and I have assumed the position of Hospital Enterprise Administrator as of April 1, 2025.

As I take on this new responsibility, I do so with a profound sense of commitment. While honoring the traditions established by my predecessors, I am determined to pursue the ideals of a municipal hospital and devote my utmost efforts to fulfilling this important role.

Since opening in February 1950, Yao Municipal Hospital has served as the region's core hospital and the only public hospital in Yao City. Over the years, it has fulfilled vital functions as a Regional Medical Support Hospital, a Regional Cancer Care Cooperation Base Hospital, and a Regional Perinatal Maternal and Child Medical Center. Our mission is to continue providing healthcare that earns the trust of the people in our community.

Today, however, the healthcare environment is becoming increasingly challenging. We must respond flexibly to initiatives such as regional healthcare planning and the advancement of healthcare digital transformation (DX). At the same time, rising prices and other socioeconomic changes are creating significant challenges. In these circumstances, we remain committed to becoming a hospital trusted by our citizens and one in which our staff can take pride, fostering a culture in which all members of our hospital work together as one team.

Under our management plan, we will continue to fulfill our responsibilities as a public hospital while striving to enhance the quality of healthcare and maintain sound financial management. Specifically, we will strengthen policy-driven healthcare services, including emergency care, pediatric and perinatal care, disaster medicine, and other essential but financially challenging areas. We will also improve our medical capabilities through comprehensive cancer care and the promotion of healthcare DX. In addition, we will work to ensure sustainable management by advancing public-private partnerships through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and securing the financial resources necessary to provide stable, high-quality healthcare services.

Through these efforts, we will continue to dedicate ourselves to protecting the lives and health of the people of Yao City. We sincerely appreciate your continued understanding, support, and cooperation.

April 2025
Hospital Enterprise Administrator, Takayuki Aminaka

I was honored to assume the position of President of Yao Municipal Hospital in April 2023.

Over the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on our hospital's daily operations. During periods of widespread infection, we were compelled to implement restrictions on hospital admissions, medical consultations and examinations, as well as visitor access. These measures inevitably caused inconvenience and concern for our patients and the citizens we serve, for which I sincerely apologize. Throughout the pandemic, we experienced eight waves of COVID-19 infections. Thanks to the unwavering dedication of our entire staff and the understanding and cooperation of our community, we were able to overcome each challenge. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone for your continued support.

Even amid the pandemic, we remained committed to preparing for the future. To strengthen our role as the region's acute care hospital in the post-pandemic era, we invested in upgrading our facilities and clinical environment. These efforts included expanding our operating rooms, introducing a robotic surgical system, renovating our endoscopy unit, and opening a new eight-bed High Care Unit (HCU). Through these initiatives, we have laid a strong foundation for the next generation of healthcare.

Yao Municipal Hospital has continued to build its healthcare services around three core pillars: acute care, regional healthcare support, and comprehensive cancer care. By making full use of our enhanced facilities and advanced technologies, all of our staff remain committed to providing the people of our community with high-quality, advanced medical care.

We sincerely appreciate your continued understanding and support as we move forward together.

April 2023
Shigeyuki Tamura, President Director General

My name is Junya Fujita, and I am honored to have been appointed Director of Yao Municipal Hospital, effective April 1, 2024. I sincerely appreciate your continued support.

Before joining Yao Municipal Hospital in May 2021, I worked as a gastrointestinal surgeon at several leading cancer treatment centers across Osaka Prefecture, where I was engaged in frontline cancer care. I arrived at our hospital during the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the situation was extremely challenging. Our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was filled with critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, and our gastrointestinal surgery ward had been converted into a dedicated COVID-19 ward. Three years later, the pandemic has finally subsided, and we have been able to restore our medical services to their normal operations.

During this period, we recognize that the temporary closure of hospital wards and restrictions on emergency services caused considerable inconvenience to our citizens and to our partner healthcare providers throughout the region. I would like to once again express my sincere apologies. Even under these difficult circumstances, however, we steadily advanced the development of our hospital by opening a new High Care Unit (HCU), expanding our Endoscopy Center, renovating and expanding our Regional Healthcare Collaboration Center, Cancer Care Support Office, and Patient Consultation Service, upgrading our MRI equipment, and introducing a robotic surgical system to provide new treatment options.

As we move beyond the pandemic, we believe that our mission as a municipal hospital is clearer than ever. Our priorities are: (1) providing advanced, high-quality medical care; (2) promoting healthcare that is closely connected to the needs of our community; and (3) fulfilling the policy-driven healthcare responsibilities expected of a public hospital. These responsibilities include delivering comprehensive cancer care as a Regional Cancer Care Cooperation Base Hospital, providing advanced perinatal services as a Regional Perinatal Maternal and Child Medical Center, and maintaining excellence in emergency medicine and disaster medical care. We are fully committed to fulfilling each of these responsibilities.

At the same time, the social environment surrounding healthcare and the demand for medical services have changed significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Japan's rapidly aging population and declining birthrate. Responding accurately to the evolving needs of our citizens and our regional healthcare partners is now one of our hospital's most important responsibilities.

This year also marks the full implementation of Japan's physician work-style reform. We are therefore faced with the challenging task of improving our staff's working environment while maintaining the same high standard of medical services that our community expects.

As we enter this period of significant change, our entire staff will work together to uphold the principles of Yao Municipal Hospital: providing advanced, high-quality healthcare, delivering community-centered medical services, and maintaining the dignity and integrity expected of a public hospital.

We sincerely appreciate your continued understanding, support, and cooperation.

April 2024
Junya Fujita, Director, Yao Municipal Hospital