{"id":179916,"date":"2026-09-25T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179916&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:52:22","slug":"yoshino-hospital-to-move-into-wakamatsu-hospitals-site","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/yoshino-hospital-to-move-into-wakamatsu-hospitals-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoshino Hospital to move into Wakamatsu Hospital\u2019s site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoshino Hospital will relocate to the site of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health\u2019s Wakamatsu Hospital in Kitakyushu, according to a revised plan announced on Sep. 24. Wakamatsu Hospital, the ward\u2019s only emergency facility handling patients who need surgery or admission, is closing after sustained losses. Of its 150 beds, 110 will transfer to the university hospital in Yahatanishi Ward, while Yoshino Hospital will inherit 40 in addition to its existing 143. Wakamatsu Hospital will close at the end of April 2027, with consolidated services at the university hospital beginning on May 6. Yoshino Hospital plans to begin treating patients at the new site in November 2027, and detailed arrangements for patient transfers will be announced later. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nb-5010035462\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/n\/fbs\/category\/life\/fs0d947218b7c64708b9d04843e91b661f\" target=\"_blank\">FBS News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_sangyo-ika-daigaku-hospital-wakamatsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C696&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"696\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_sangyo-ika-daigaku-hospital-wakamatsu_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_sangyo-ika-daigaku-hospital-wakamatsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_sangyo-ika-daigaku-hospital-wakamatsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C509&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_sangyo-ika-daigaku-hospital-wakamatsu_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C382&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uoeh-u.ac.jp\/_8029.html\" target=\"_blank\">University of Occupational and Environmental Health\u2019s Wakamatsu Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoshino Hospital will relocate to the site of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health\u2019s Wakamatsu Hospital in Kitakyushu, according to a revised plan announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179916","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}