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2025.03.28

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Regarding Clinical System for Labor Epidural Analgesia at Our Hospital

List of Facilities Offering Labor Epidural Analgesia 

Standard Information Document on Labor Epidural Analgesia

Labor Epidural Analgesia at Aiiku Hospital

Labor Epidural Analgesia Manual / Nursing Manual for Labor Epidural Analgesia (July 2024)

Self-Inspection Status

Self-inspection completed (all required criteria have been met)

Availability for First-Time Mothers: Available

Eligible Costs for Tokyo Metropolitan Government Subsidy (Labor Epidural Analgesia)
 Labor Epidural Analgesia Management Fee:JPY 200,000
 ※The subsidy provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is JPY 100,000.

Anesthesia Supervisor of Labor Epidural Analgesia
 Name: Akiko Niihara
 Qualifications: Board-Certified Anesthesiologist (Japanese Medical Specialty Board) / Registered Anesthesiologist
 Training: Completed JALA Category A Training (January 31, 2025)

Nurses and Midwives Involved in Labor Epidural Analgesia
 Number of NCPR-certified staff: 105
 Number of staff who have completed labor epidural analgesia training: 0 (scheduled to complete training sequentially)
 Number of JALA Category C trainees: 0 (scheduled)
 Number of JALA Category D trainees: 0 (scheduled)

※At our hospital, we refer to “painless childbirth” as “labor epidural analgesia.”


Last Updated: June 11, 2026