Synopsis

The University of the Ryukyus Hospital in Okinawa completed its relocation in January 2025, marking a significant transition to a sprawling new facility. On that day alone, eighty-five patients – ranging from those requiring intensive care to children in pediatrics – were carefully transported nearly ten kilometers to the new building. This represents not just an ending, but a beginning: the close of a hospital steeped in history and the dawn of a modern institution equipped for more advanced me