Tokyo Health Information

Tokyo Health Information

The medical services and hospital facilities in Japan are popular throughout the world. The reception desks of the majority of the hospitals in Tokyo are open from 8.30am to 11am from Monday to Friday. But the medical expenses in Tokyo are quite expensive and in majority of the cases the hospitals demand for the full payment of the bill to assure that the foreigner patient has the capability of paying the full amount for the treatment.

In case you cannot search for a hospital or a clinic during the time of emergency, you need to dial up to Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Information centre, which remains open daily from 9am till 8pm. This particular organization provides information on the various medical institutions all over the city that has staffs that provide information on the Japanese medical and health insurance systems. The telephone number of this institution is 03-5285-8181.

Another service that is available is that of the translation services. This is especially helpful for the foreign patients who may face difficulty for language problems. These Emergency Translation Services are available on weekdays from 5pm to 8pm and during the weekend holidays it is available from 9am till 8pm. The languages available in this service are English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Thai. The telephone number of this institution is 03-5285-8185.

Another institution that provides help regarding any medical or health issues over the telephone is Health Telephone Consultation, which has a 24 hours telephone service and a free dial from all over the country at 0120-03-1199. Any sort of problem that the patient has is dealt by specialists on the telephone and privacy is strictly maintained. Some of the best cases that is dealt here is sickness, gynecological problems, digestion, pregnancy, eyes, ears, skin diseases, mental problem, psychology and many other illness that can affect a human.

There is vast range of hospitals located in this city and some of them even have doctors and staffs that can speak in English. Some such hospitals are Tokyo Adventist Hospital, St. Luke's International Hospital and many others. Unfortunately there are no hospitals situated in the business regions of Tokyo. In stead there are certain health clinics located like Hibiya Clinic, Imperial Clinic and others.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health is another centre that includes the sector of examination and research. The inhabitants are helped by this sector as is provides with health examination services comprising of cases ranging from food poisoning till infectious diseases. Research works are also carried on public health and methods are discovered to find how ways of helping the people in a better way.

Human beings can be subject to ill health in any time and in any place and the best way to handle over these unwanted problems is to keep information on the health systems and provisions provided. The health system of Tokyo is of great importance and it helps the people in every way it can.

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