| Shima Hospital Shima Internist Hospital | |
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 Shima Internist Hospital building in 2018 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 34° 23′ 41″ N, 132° 27′ 17″ E Naka-ku, ootemachi 1-5-25, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Private |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1933 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.shimagekanaika.jp/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Japan |
Shima Hospital (島病院, Shima byōin) is a Japanese hospital, now clinic, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945. Shima Hospital is considered to be ground zero.[1]
In 1948, the hospital was rebuilt from the ground up by Dr. Kaoru Shima. The reconstructed Shima Surgery is still in operation to the present day under the name Shima Internist Hospital (島内科医院 Shima naika iin).[1] Specialities of the present Shima Hospital are surgery, orthopaedics, internal medicine, and endoscopic treatment of the digestive organs.[1] Adjacent to the Shima Hospital is a monument marking the hypocenter of the atomic blast, which is located about a five-minute walk away from the city's Atomic Bomb Dome or "A-Dome."[1]
- ^ a b c d Shima Naika Iin (Japanese)