The city of Hachioji and the Hachioji Medical Association will unite and coordinate efforts, just like both wheels of a bicycle, in protecting the health of citizens. Starting in fiscal 1997, the infants' physical examination service was transferred from Tokyo municipal government to the city of Hachioji in order to provide services with closer local ties, enabling more effective promotion of health in the community. In fact, the city of Hachioji is now better able to provide health care covering pregnancy and birth as well as baby checkups at six months, 9 months, 18 months and 36 months. An infant for whom an abnormal condition has been diagnosed in any of above the examinations may be more carefully monitored through the issuance of a close examination form, by increasing frequency of monitoring examinations, and by physical growth monitoring examinations.

Hachioji Medical Association totally supports the infant physical examination program. Protection of children's health plays a major role in the society in coping with the change in age group composition in which the child population is decreasing and the elderly population is increasing. Six month and nine month examinations will be conducted at member clinics, while the physicians are dispatched to health centers for newborn, 18 month and 36 month examination. In conjunction with issuing of mother and child medical record books, six month and nine month physical examination forms will be issued. In addition, notices for respective examinations will be mailed from the city office to each child during the month of the specific examination. Be sure to make room in your schedule to take advantage of these health examinations.

Announcements for the examination are also printed in the magazine, Koho Hachioji.

These are the medical institutions in Hachioji providing infant health examinations.