Before traveling, it is recommended to prepare some emergency medicines around you. Medicine can be bought in Japan, and it is also divided into prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs. If you have no serious problems, you should go to the emergency department. It is best to see a doctor during the day, but it is inconvenient at night. The solution will be written in this language. If you have any questions, you can ask the hotel front desk for help. The emergency telephone number in Japan is 1 19.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q 1. Are you going to the hospital or the clinic?
Generally speaking, if you are sick, you should go to a nearby clinic first. If special treatment is needed, the doctor in the clinic will refer him to a larger hospital for treatment.
Hospital (hospital):
Not only the outpatient service, but also many patients can be admitted to the hospital. First aid and laboratory facilities are available, but most of them need letters of introduction or appointments.
Clinical (): Clinic
If you are sick, see a doctor for primary treatment (initial treatment) at the first time; There are not only individual doctors, but also various forms of in-patient facility doctors.
Q2. How do I know about the surrounding hospitals/clinics?
You can ask the front desk of the hotel, and Tokyo circle can check the sunflower website mentioned below or call the consultation number provided below.
Information inquiry in other areas is inconvenient. You can use Yahoo Maps or Google Maps to search for the keyword ""(clinic).
Q3. What is the general process of first aid?
As in China, registration-seeing a doctor-charging-taking medicine.
Q4. How to solve the language problem?
Few hospitals can use Chinese, but there may be one in Tokyo, and almost all of them have to be solved in English. It is recommended to call the translation phone mentioned below or use the translation app (this accuracy needs to be verified). The Japanese you may use to see a doctor is also shown in the comparison chart between China and Japan below.
Q5. Is it expensive to have a fever and other emergency departments in Japan?
The first consultation fee in hospitals and clinics is around 2,000 yen. Other medical expenses vary from 5000- 15000 yen according to other circumstances. If you have purchased insurance before going abroad, you should keep the documents when you see a doctor.
Q: How to check the surrounding pharmacies on Google and Yahoo maps? Is this medicine expensive?
Search ""in the drugstore.
Drugstore Search "Drugstore"
Drugstores also sell comprehensive cold medicines at a price of around 1000-3000 yen. Of course, the drugs in pharmacies are more comprehensive and professional.
Guide to Japanese hospitals of the University of Tokyo
Official website (Chinese): Click to view.
There are super detailed medical procedures and medical statement translations.
Emergency translation service of Tokyo Medical Information Center (English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Spanish)
Tel: 03-5285-8 185
Acceptance time: 65438+ 07:00-20:00 on weekdays and 9:00-20:00 on weekends.
Tokyo Medical Information Center provides foreign language consultation window.
Tel: 03-5285-8 18 1
Tokyo medical institutions guide service "Sunflower" (available in Japanese and English, you can search for nearby hospitals and pharmacies)
Official website: Click to view.
Tel: 03-5272-0303
AMDA International Medical Information Center (Chinese)
Official website: Click to view.
Tel: 03-5285-8088
Service time: 9:00-20:00.
Medical translation system convenient for foreigners to seek medical treatment (need to climb over the wall): click to view.
Official talk manual of Japan Tourism Bureau: click to view.