Admission guide

Admission and accommodation

For children and families admitted to Osaka City General Hospital for a catheter study or ablation: what we would like you to know before admission. The linked documents and websites are in Japanese.

Length of stay and staying with your child

Length of stay

Usually four days. In special cases it may be six days.

Staying with your child

Our hospital provides full nursing care, so families usually do not need to stay with the child.
If you wish, a mother may stay with the child.
Because mothers of other children are staying on the ward, fathers cannot stay with the child as a rule. Thank you for your understanding.

Private rooms

If a private room is available, a father may stay with the child there. Please note the following.

A private room costs about 7,000 to 9,000 yen per day.
Private rooms are given first to patients who need one for treatment, such as for leukemia, so very few are available on the pediatric ward.
You may be able to use one if it is free at admission, but they cannot be reserved in advance。

If your child has cold symptoms

Children with cold symptoms may not be able to be admitted. This applies even with only a runny nose or a mild cough and no fever.

Why admission may not be possible

Colds caused by certain viruses are not a big problem for healthy children, but they can be life-threatening for children on the ward with weakened immunity (such as those with leukemia).

If your child has a runny nose or a mild cough

Before entering the ward, we test a nasal swab.
If no problematic virus is found, your child is admitted as planned.
If the test is positive, your child cannot be admitted, and the catheter study or ablation is postponed.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Accommodation for families

Places where accompanying family members can stay. Please first use the Family Room right next to the hospital. When it is full, there are also Parents House Osaka and the Ronald McDonald House.

Family Room (just south of the hospital)

A facility where families of children in the hospital, such as children with cancer, can stay. It is right next to the hospital, so you can be with your child at night and early in the morning.

Location: 2nd and 3rd floors, Takuyo-ryo Building A (just south of the hospital)
Fee: 1,200 yen per room per night (billed with the hospital charges)
Up to four people per room
Equipped with a bathroom, toilet, air conditioner, sofa bed, bedding, refrigerator, gas stove, microwave, washing machine and TV. Please bring towels, shampoo, toothbrushes and other daily items
Self-service (you make the beds, prepare meals and clean yourselves)
Check-in is from 3 p.m., and check-out is in the morning of the departure day

Booking: please ask at the nurses' station of your child's ward. You can also reserve in advance with a dedicated Google Form (from three business days before the day before admission). Depending on availability, we may not be able to meet your request.
Inquiries: General Affairs Section, 06-6929-3300 (weekdays 8:45–17:15)

When it is full: Parents House Osaka

Parents House is accommodation for families and children who come from far away for medical treatment.

About 30 minutes from the hospital by subway
1,000 yen per night

Ronald McDonald House Osaka Kento

A place to stay for sick children and their families, next to the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC).

Location: next to the NCVC (5-30 Senriokashinmachi, Settsu, Osaka; 5 minutes' walk from JR Kishibe Station)
Parking available
About 30 minutes from the hospital by car, about 45 minutes by train
Fee: 1,000 yen per person per night plus 260 yen for linen (free for patients)
For patients under 20 and their families (outpatients may also use it)
Booking: please call the House in advance (06-6339-5855, 8:30–17:30)