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When you
go to the hospital
・ When you are very sick or injured, please
first go to a nearby medical care center.
・ A medical care center is a place that has doctor’s
office (iin, 医院), clinic
(kurinikku, クリニック), or internal
medicine (naika, 内科) in its
name.
○ 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 desk
if the sick or injured person has travel insurance (りょこうのほけん).
Please tell the people at the
reception desk if you are concerned about care they might receive due to
cultural (ぶんか) or
religious (しゅうきょう)
restrictions.
・ Please pay after you undergo the health
professional's exam.
■Searching
for 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 Prefecture
24-Hour Multilingual Call Center, you can enlist the services of a third party
interpretor. Although pre-registration is required, it is possible to book an
appointment for a hospital examination via the Call Center (external link).（外部リンク）