Holy Spirit Hospital

What Holy Spirit Hospital does

Seirei Hospital (聖霊病院) is a 198-bed Catholic acute care general hospital located in Showa Ward, Nagoya, Japan, operated by Social Welfare Corporation Seireikai (社会福祉法人聖霊会). Founded in 1947 as a religious corporation hospital and reorganized as a social welfare corporation in May 1952, the hospital provides secondary emergency medical care, secondary acute inpatient services, and ambulatory care across 15+ clinical departments including internal medicine, surgery (breast/thyroid), orthopedics, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, dermatology, urology, neurology, anesthesiology, palliative care, rehabilitation, radiology, and clinical laboratory. The hospital carries several regulatory designations: Regional Perinatal and Maternal Medical Center (since April 2014), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare clinical training hospital (designation No. 274, since March 2001), and Japan Medical Function Evaluation Organization certification (3rdG Ver 1.1 since September 2015). It participates in Japan's Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) acute care payment system since July 2008.

The hospital's technology platform centers on diagnostic imaging and multidisciplinary care. Imaging equipment includes a 1.5 Tesla Canon Vantage Gracian MRI with Canon AiCE (Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine) denoising, CT, digital mammography, X-ray fluoroscopy, DXA bone densitometry, and endoscopy. Specialized imaging offerings include DWIBS (Diffusion-Weighted Whole-Body Imaging with Background Body Signal Cancellation) for radiation-free cancer screening and VSRAD (Voxel-based Specific Regional Analysis System for Dementia) for early Alzheimer's detection. The facility operates a 15-bed dedicated hospice unit (Hospice Seirei, opened March 2009), a NICU (6 beds) and GCU (20 beds), a 39-bed community-based integrated care ward, and a regional medical coordination center that manages inbound fax-based referrals from surrounding hospitals and clinics. Affiliated entities under the Seireikai corporate umbrella include a home-visit nursing station, the Santa Maria elderly care/rehabilitation facility (60–100 beds), and the Rosario nursery school.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through Japan's national universal health insurance fee schedule for inpatient and outpatient services, supplemented by self-pay health screening packages (ningen dock, brain dock, cancer screening), co-payment hospice rates (approximately ¥5,000–15,000 per day depending on insurance tier), private room upgrades (¥8,000–10,000/day), and ancillary fees such as 4D fetal ultrasound (¥3,000–3,500/session). As a social welfare corporation, Seirei Hospital has no shareholders, no equity investors, and no publicly traded parent; governance is by a board under the Representative Director Uchiumi Makoto. The customer base is exclusively individual patients drawn from the Nagoya community, with elderly patients (70+ years) representing approximately 46% of discharges. Delivery and inpatient postpartum care services were discontinued as of December 2025.

Name

Holy Spirit Hospital

Legal name

社会福祉法人 聖霊会 聖霊病院

Website

https://seirei-hospital.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Seirei Hospital is a 198-bed Catholic acute care general hospital in Nagoya, Japan, operated by nonprofit Social Welfare Corporation Seireikai. It provides emergency, perinatal, hospice, rehabilitation, and health screening services to community residents and elderly patients across 15 medical departments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based & Nonprofit Hospital Systems (HLAFAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH), Hospital-Based Palliative Care (Inpatient Consult Services) (HLADAHAG)

Keywords

• Acute hospital care
• Perinatal medical services
• Palliative hospice care
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Health screening programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Nagoya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Medical Services Revenue: Acute care inpatient and outpatient medical services billed through Japan's national health insurance system. Includes examination fees, hospitalization charges, surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, laboratory tests, rehabilitation, pharmaceutical dispensing, and hospice/palliative care services. Revenue cycle follows Japan's medical fee schedule under universal health insurance coverage.
2. Health Checkup and Human Dock Services: Self-pay health screening examinations including comprehensive health checkups (人間ドック), brain dock, osteoporosis screening, cancer screening, and specialized imaging services. Not covered by standard insurance.
3. Maternity and Postpartum Care: Prenatal examinations, childbirth services (ceased December 2025), and postpartum care services. Subject to national health insurance coverage for eligible services. 2026年1月以降、分娩取り扱い終了。

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Holy Spirit Hospital (Seirei Hospital) is a 198-bed Catholic general acute care hospital in Nagoya providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient medical services across 15+ specialty departments including internal medicine, surgery, orthopedics, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, and palliative care. Core offerings include emergency and secondary acute care with ICU/NICU facilities, a designated Regional Perinatal and Maternal Medical Center, a 15-bed Hospice Seirei palliative care unit, diagnostic imaging (1.5T MRI with Canon AiCE, CT, mammography, DXA, endoscopy), and self-pay health screening programs including Human Dock, Brain Dock with VSRAD dementia analysis, and DWIBS whole-body cancer screening.

Product overview

Seirei Hospital is a 198-bed Catholic general hospital (社会福祉法人聖霊会 聖霊病院) operated by the Social Welfare Corporation Seireikai, located in Nagoya's educational district. The hospital operates as a comprehensive medical institution offering acute care, emergency services with ICU/NICU, regional perinatal care, community-based integrated care, and 15-bed hospice palliative care. Core medical services span 15 departments including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Psychiatry. The hospital provides diagnostic imaging services (X-ray, CT, MRI, mammography, bone density, endoscopy), health screening programs including human dock and specialized brain health examinations (Brain Dock, VSRAD), DWIBS全身がん cancer screening, 4D fetal ultrasound, and regional medical coordination with referral/examination reservation systems. Postpartum care services and home visiting nursing extend care beyond hospital walls. The facility completed major reconstruction in October 2009 and serves as a clinical training hospital designated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ホスピス聖霊 (Hospice Seirei): A dedicated 15-bed palliative care / hospice ward opened in 2009, providing pain management and spiritual care for cancer patients and their families.
• 八事日赤・聖霊保育園 (Yagoto Nichiseki Seirei Hoikujo)
• 老人保健施設サンタマリア (Santa Maria)
• 地域周産期母子医療センター (Regional Perinatal Medical Center)

Products and services

• Hospital Medical Services (Inpatient and Outpatient)
• Emergency and Acute Care Services
• Diagnostic Imaging Services
• Regional Perinatal and Maternal Medical Center
• Hospice Seirei (Palliative Care Unit)
• Health Checkups and Human Dock (Ningen Dock)
• Community-Based Integrated Care Ward
• Home Visiting Nursing Station (Seirei Hospital Visiting Nursing Station)
• Santa Maria Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Facility An affiliated 60-100 bed elderly care and rehabilitation facility (老人保健施設サンタマリア) operated by Social Welfare Corporation Seirei Kai, providing intermediate care, rehabilitation, and long-term care for elderly residents. Opened in April 1991 with 60 beds, expanded to 100 beds in 1998.
• Regional Medical Coordination Center

Quantifiable outcome

• Elderly hip/femur fracture patient return-to-home rate increased to 36%, transfer rate reduced from 50% to 38%
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Japanese Red Cross Society Nagoya Second Hospital (日本赤十字社愛知医療センター名古屋第二病院)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of 八事日赤・聖霊保育園 (Yagoto Red Cross Seirei Nursery) for children of staff from both institutions. Referral relationship for perinatal care where Nagoya Second Hospital receives transfers from Seirei's delivery services (ceased December 2025). Emergency transfer coordination for patients requiring higher-level care.
• Hospice Seirei Support Association 'Bud no Kai' (ホスピス聖霊後援会「ぶどうの会」)minorOthersDonation collection organization supporting hospice operations. Postal transfer account: 00820-4-70238. Accepts charitable contributions for patient welfare and hospice care improvements.
• Nagoya City Medical Association and Regional Healthcare NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional coordination for patient referrals, diagnostic imaging referrals, and specialist consultation services. Accepts referrals via fax system and coordinates with community clinics and hospitals for patient transfers and follow-up care.
• Yagoto Perinatal Medical Network (やごと周産期ネットワーク)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerinatal care coordination network allowing孕妇健康检查 reservations for network participants at Seirei Hospital. Facilitates prenatal care continuity and hospital transfer coordination.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• St. Mary's Hospital (聖マリア病院, Kurume): Catholic general hospital in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture operated by a Catholic social welfare corporation with a similar faith-based nonprofit structure. Provides a comparable range of acute care, perinatal, NICU, and pediatric services under Catholic mission, making it one of the closest mission- and service-mix-aligned peers nationally.
• Saiseikai Nagoya Hospital: Nagoya-based nonprofit general hospital under the Saiseikai (済生会) social welfare network, providing acute care, perinatal services, and community health programs under a similar nonprofit social mission model. Direct competitor for regional acute care referrals and government designations.
• Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital: Strategic partner of Seirei Hospital (jointly operates Yagoto Nichiseki Seirei Nursery School) and a fellow large regional nonprofit acute care hospital in Nagoya with comparable bed scale, tertiary capabilities, and emergency/perinatal services. Most directly comparable peer given shared referral relationship and similar nonprofit social mission orientation.
• Seibo Hospital (聖母病院, Shinjuku): Catholic nonprofit hospital in Tokyo operated by the Catholic Diocese. Comparable in faith-based mission, social welfare corporation structure, and integrated women's/maternal health focus, providing a benchmark for faith-based nonprofit hospital operations in an urban Japanese setting.
• JCHO Chukyo Hospital: Japan Community Health care Organization (JCHO) regional nonprofit acute care hospital in Nagoya with similar scale and service breadth. Comparable as a peer regional nonprofit hospital competing for the same Nagoya catchment population under the same national health insurance framework.

Broad incumbents

• Aichi Medical University Hospital: Academic medical center in Aichi Prefecture providing tertiary care and advanced specialty services. Comparable in regional positioning but larger scale and broader specialty portfolio, serving as a destination for higher-acuity referrals that Seirei cannot accommodate.
• Nagoya City University Hospital: Municipal academic hospital in Nagoya offering comprehensive acute and specialty care. Overlaps Seirei's catchment area and competes for referrals but operates at a larger scale with broader specialty coverage as a public university hospital.
• Nagoya University Hospital: Largest academic medical center in the Nagoya/Chubu region with broad specialty capabilities, advanced oncology and high-acuity care, and government-designated advanced treatment hospital status. Competes for tertiary referrals and physician talent in the same catchment area but at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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