An exterior rendering has been released for the new hospital that will combine Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital and Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital on the former Asahi Breweries site.
Here it is↓
From Hyogo Prefecture: ② Nishinomiya Basic Design Overview (004)
It was listed as Nishinomiya General Medical Center (tentative name). I wonder what the final name will be.
Here it is on the map↓
The address is around 11 Tsuto Otsukacho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo.
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Where will it be built? Will there be a park too?
This is where it will be built↓
Along Route 2. Near Hanshin-Kokudo Station. Royal Home Center is next door.
It will look something like this↓
It looks like the entrance will be on the Royal Home Center side.
The station side is marked as a park. So it seems like a park may be built in front of the station.
It will have the 7th-largest number of beds in Hyogo Prefecture
It will reportedly have 552 beds. That would make it the 7th-largest hospital in Hyogo Prefecture by number of beds.
*Based on the list of hospitals in Hyogo Prefecture (checked visually, so there may be mistakes)
- Hyogo Medical University Hospital: 963 beds
- Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital: 768 beds
- Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center: 730 beds
- Medical Corporation Yamanishikai Takarazuka Sanda Hospital: 681 beds
- Kansai Rosai Hospital (Amagasaki City): 642 beds
- Kakogawa Central City Hospital: 600 beds
By the way, the largest is Hyogo Medical University Hospital. If you add them together, that’s an overwhelming number! Nishinomiya is amazing.
Finally
The hospital is apparently aiming for completion in 2025. To prepare for outbreaks of infectious diseases, it looks like dedicated entrances, elevators, and negative-pressure rooms will be installed. With seismic isolation equipment, a heliport, and more, it seems like Nishinomiya will be getting a state-of-the-art hospital that is well equipped for disasters.
