Hospital

The 1,167-bed Dokkyo Medical University Hospital and the 723-bed Echigo Hospital, in addition to the 199-bed Nikko Medical Centre, are among the largest hospitals in the country.

The University of Washington Medical Center owns and manages CUMG and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, which is a joint venture between the University of Washington Medical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children's Hospital.

The private patient service at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a world-renowned major orthopaedic hospital, with orthopaedic surgery at the forefront of the UK and the world. The hospital offers a comprehensive range of neuromusculoskeletal treatments, from acute spinal cord injuries or complex bone tumours, to specialist rehabilitation in orthopaedic medicine and chronic back pain - such a wide range of services is unique in the UK's National Health System (NHS).

Shonan Kamakura General Hospital completed the construction of its new premises on 1 September 2010 and moved to a new hospital in Kamakura Okamoto. The new hospital is spacious, with 2.5 times the floor space of the old hospital, 15 floors above ground and 1 floor below ground, and has 648 beds, including 619 portable beds. There is a helipad on the roof of the hospital. The emergency department has been expanded to five times its original size to cope with the yearly increase in the number of ambulances and emergency patients, and a special lift has been installed for direct access to the operating theatre and the vascular catheterisation unit.

The University of Michigan Hospital - Medical College of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan is ranked fifth on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. It is nationally ranked in 14 adult and 10 paediatric specialties and rated high performance in one adult specialty and nine procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility. It scores highly in patient safety, demonstrating a commitment to reducing accidents and medical errors. It is a teaching hospital.

The Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute is a non-profit cancer treatment and research centre established in 1981 by the Florida Legislature and opened on the campus of the University of South Florida in October 1986.

The International Institute of Neuroscience (INI) in Hannover, Germany, is a hospital building shaped like a giant brain, with its main internal pillar being a lift that looks like a human brain stem, designed and built by Siemens in Germany.

City of Hope NationalMedical Center is a leading American non-profit research and treatment centre focusing on cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.

Japan's top-ranked cancer treatment hospital

The Heidelberg University Hospital is located in the German tourist destination of Heidelberg. It was founded in 1593 as a university hospital and has since grown to include 15 hospitals, 46 specialties, 8 medical institutes, 11,000 employees, 1,621 beds, including 1,400 medical staff, and a large general university hospital.