■When yougo to the hospital

 ・ When you are very sick or injured, pleasefirst go to a nearby medical care center.

 ・ A medical care center is a place that has doctor’soffice (iin, 医院), clinic(kurinikku, クリニック), or internalmedicine (naika, 内科) in itsname.

○ Reception

・ When you check in at the reception desk,please give them the sick or injured person's health insurance card (けんこうほけんしょう).

・ If you do not have a health insurance card,the cost will be more expensive.

・ Please tell the people at the reception deskif the sick or injured person has travel insurance (りょこうのほけん).

Please tell the people at thereception desk if you are concerned about care they might receive due tocultural (ぶんか) orreligious (しゅうきょう)restrictions.

・ Please pay after you undergo the healthprofessional's exam.

■Searchingfor hospitals that can provide care in a foreign language.

https://www.jnto.go.jp/emergency/eng/mi_guide.html（外部リンク）

■Search for a hospital.

Using Kumamoto Medical Navi, it is possible to search in different languages(external link).（外部リンク）

■Use a third party interpretor.

By contacting the Kumamoto Prefecture24-Hour Multilingual Call Center, you can enlist the services of a third partyinterpretor. Although pre-registration is required, it is possible to book anappointment for a hospital examination via the Call Center (external link).（外部リンク）