Measures against intractable diseases

An intractable disease is a disease whose cause is unknown, treatment methods have not been established, and there is a high risk of leaving aftereffects.
There is a system to subsidize medical expenses for intractable diseases designated by the national and metropolitan governments. Detail is Page of medical expenses subsidy system for intractable diseases Please refer to the. (The medical expense subsidy for hepatitis B and C virus treatment is different from the medical expense subsidy system for intractable diseases. Page of hepatitis B, hepatitis C virus hepatitis treatment medical expenses subsidy system Please refer to the. )
There is a system to subsidize medical expenses for children with specified chronic childhood diseases. Detail is Child Chronic Specific Disease Medical Expenses Subsidy Page Please refer to the.
again, Shinjuku City provides various projects and services for patients with intractable diseases, children with specific chronic childhood diseases, and their families.

Support project for patients with intractable diseases

Consultation support service

Intractable disease treatment consultation (Function recovery training)
We provide long-term medical consultations by specialists for patients with intractable diseases living in Shinjuku Ward and their families who wish to receive them. In addition, we also provide rehabilitation guidance by a physical therapist as needed.
The date, time, venue, and where to apply will be announced in the Koho Shinjuku each time.
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Consultation by public health nurse
We provide necessary medical consultations for patients with intractable diseases and their families living in Shinjuku City. (as needed)
⇒ where you live Regional Health Center Please contact us.

Support for daytime activities and provision of information

Parkinson gymnastics class
Physical therapists and medical specialists provide guidance while combining practical skills and recreation.
● Lectures and lectures on intractable diseases
We will hold lectures on intractable diseases by specialists, such as Parkinson's disease lectures and intractable digestive disease lectures.
Shinjuku Intractable Disease Salon
For intractable disease patients and family caregivers, exchange information about each other's experiences and medical treatment,
We hold meetings to share our feelings.

For each of the above projects, the date, time, venue, and where to apply will be announced in the Newsletter.
For more information, Intractable disease projects in Shinjuku City (lectures, rehabilitation, etc.) Please also check the page of

Available system

Welfare allowance for the physically and mentally disabled
We will provide a monthly allowance of 15,500 yen for those who receive subsidies for medical expenses such as intractable diseases. There are restrictions based on income, age, etc.
detail teeth, Disabled Persons Welfare Section Counselor Please contact us. (Shinjuku Ward Office Main Building 2F Phone: 03-5273-4518)

Home care for patients with intractable diseases
For those who live in Tokyo and need an inhaler/aspirator for home care mainly due to a disease covered by the intractable disease medical expenses subsidy, and who have obtained the consent of the attending physician, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will provide an inhaler.・We lend aspirators.
In addition, a nurse will be dispatched once a week upon request to those who live in Shinjuku City and are on loan. (Dispatch has conditions)
⇒ For inquiries and applications, please contact Regional Health Center Please contact us.

Home-visit nursing for patients with intractable diseases using ventilators at home (System of Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
Those who live in Tokyo and are using a ventilator for home medical treatment mainly due to a disease covered by the intractable disease medical expenses subsidy, and the home-visit nursing station etc. will calculate separately from the home-visit nursing medical expenses etc. Home-visit nurses are dispatched from home-visit nursing stations, etc., which have concluded consignment contracts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, to those who are deemed necessary by a doctor to provide home-visit nursing.
⇒ For inquiries and applications, please contact Regional Health Center Please contact us.

Temporary hospitalization for patients with intractable diseases at home (System of Tokyo Metropolitan Government)
We have established a system for emergency hospitalization in the event that care is temporarily unavailable at home due to family or other circumstances.
⇒ For inquiries and applications, please contact Regional Health Center Please contact us.

Medical Expense Subsidy System for Intractable Diseases, etc.
Detail is Page of medical expenses subsidy system for intractable diseases Please refer to the.

Pediatric Chronic Specified Disease Medical Expense Subsidy System
Detail is Child Chronic Specific Disease Medical Expenses Subsidy Page Please refer to the.

Intractable disease information/window

Inquiries and applications for services, etc.

Basically, where you live community health center is accepted.

Inquiries about the system (service)

● Services (systems) based on the Act on Comprehensive Support for Persons with Disabilities
We provide home help and daily life care to support the daily lives of people with disabilities. Detail is, Website of the Welfare Division for Persons with Disabilities Please refer to the.

Information about intractable diseases

Information on institutions related to intractable diseases

The following organizations provide various information about intractable diseases.

Leaflet about intractable disease business

This is a leaflet about the intractable disease project created by Shinjuku City.

Inquiries about this page

Shinjuku ward Health Department - Health Prevention Division
health counselor
Phone: 03-5273-3862 FAX: 03-5273-3820

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