Fukuoka Children's Hospital (FCH) has been providing advanced medical care for children in Western Japan since 1980. The hospital was newly built at the east district of Fukuoka city in 2014. The hospital is bright and wide, and is filled with state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment in a caring and healing environment. FCH has Cardiovascular Center, Perinatal Center (Obstetrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: NICU, and Growing Care Unit: GCU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), and High Care Unit (HCU), including 26 departments. The new hospital is aimed to provide advanced specialized medical care with high quality and safety, as well as pediatric and perinatal emergency care. In 2016, we newly set up Maternal-Fetal Intensive Care Unit (MFICU) and additional NICU beds to strength perinatal care.

We opened Kawasaki Disease Center in July 2015, Epilepsy Center in October 2015, Locomotive (Bone, Joint, Muscle and Nerve) Center and International Medical Support Center in April 2016, and Nephrology/Urology Center in April 2017. FCH Cardiovascular and Locomotive (Bone, Joint, Muscle and Nerve) Centers are ranked among the best in Japan for the management and treatment of complex anomalies. In April 2019, Department of Fetal Cardiology was opened to promote accurate prenatal diagnosis and better postnatal treatment. Kawasaki Disease Center provides the most comprehensive care including registration, consultation, diagnosis, treatment and transition in collaboration with Kyushu University Hospital. FCH is treating the largest number of patients with Kawasaki disease in Japan according to the DPC Public Data from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan. I performed sophisticated research and clinical trials as a principal investigator of Kawasaki Disease Research Project (the first project: 2014-2016, the second: 2017-2019) granted by Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).

Our mission is to provide family-centered, individualized high quality care with state-of-the-art technology to every child, regionally and globally, in a friendly environment. In addition to primary pediatric care, every pediatric medical or surgical specialty is available to provide focused care for children. All staffs are aiming to become MVP (Most Valuable Professionals) with MVP (Mission, Vision, and Passion). We also recruit young enthusiastic individuals who want to make a difference in pediatric care in a positive work-life balance with many opportunities for education and experience. We are planning to perform more clinical research.

Since 2020, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been attacking the world. We understand that it can be an especially anxious time for patients and their families. FCH has been making maximal efforts to prevent patients, families, and staffs from COVID-19. We hope that the COVID-19 vaccine will bring the pandemic to an end. Year 2020 was our 40th anniversary. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, we did not hold a commemorative party and lecture. Instead, we provided Web lectures in FCH homepage and published the 40th Anniversary book of FCH.

The health and safety of patients is our absolute priority, and all the staff have been doing their best to provide medical care of safer and higher quality.

April, 2021
Toshiro Hara, MD, PhD.
President,
Fukuoka Children’s Hospital