"Hospitals"

The National Children's Hospital was founded in 1870 and is located in Washington DC. When it first opened, the hospital had just 12 beds to care for orphans from the American Civil War. But today, with over 150 years of history, 323 beds and over 600 dedicated paediatrician specialists, National Children's Hospital is one of the top 10 children's hospitals in the country.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is located in Memphis, Tennessee. The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to improve the treatment and prevention of childhood diseases through research and treatment. No child will be denied treatment because of race, religion or a family's ability to pay.

NYU Langone Hospital, located in New York, NY, is ranked #15 on the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. It is nationally ranked in 12 adult specialties and rated high performing in 9 adult procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility. It is a teaching hospital.

Although the Mayo Clinic in the United States is called a "clinic", it is actually a comprehensive medical center with a long history, the world's first and largest comprehensive, non-profit, group medical institution, and a well deserved medical system brand in the world's medical field.

Founded in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital is the earliest and largest teaching affiliated hospital of Harvard Medical School, and one of the three oldest hospitals in the United States. In 2012, hospitals in the United States ranked first (US News&World Report). In 1846, the first anesthetic operation was performed in human history, and X-ray was first used in clinical practice in 1896. Massachusetts General Hospital dominates the largest hospital based research project in the United States, with an annual research funding of more than 600 million dollars. So far, 13 Nobel laureates have been produced

New York-Presbyterian Hospital was ranked No. 1 among the top hospitals in the New York tri-state area in the 2013-14 U.S. News & World Report rankings of nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide, and has been continuously ranked as one of the nation's premier healthcare institutions. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has been listed on the U.S. News Honor Roll for 13 years.

The University Hospital Heidelberg, located in Heidelberg, Germany, is one of Germany's leading major medical centres, treating around 80,000 inpatients and over one million outpatients each year.

The University Hospital of Lausanne is one of the five major university hospitals in Switzerland, as famous as Geneva, Bern, Basel and Zurich. CHUV has 16 clinical and medical technology departments and numerous service projects, and is famous for its academic achievements in medical care, research and teaching.

The Affiliated Hospital of Charlotte University is located in Berlin, Germany, with a long history of more than 300 years. The hospital has long enjoyed a high reputation for its outstanding medical treatment, medical research and medical teaching.

Founded in the Meiji era (139 years ago in 1882), Kyokumido Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in Japan. It is conveniently located less than 3 km from Tokyo Station in the hospital district of Ochanomizu, and is a private hospital that combines medical care, education and research.