Doctors, Hospitals
Doctors, Hospitals
Receiving Treatment
Medical facilities in Japan are divided into two types - individual doctor's offices/clinics, and large general hospitals. These facilities are highly specialized. It is a good idea to check what facilities are available in your neighborhood and their specialties in advance. The hospitals listed below offer internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dermatology and other departments or medicine.
Hospitals (Byoin) in Sumida City
Tajima Hospital
2-21-1, Ryogoku, Tel. 3634-6111
Internal medicine, digestive organ department, circulatory organ department, surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, dermatology, urology, physical therapy, radiology
Tokyo Metropolitan Bokuto Hospital
4-23-15, Kotobashi, Tel. 3633-6151
Internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, heart and vascular surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dermatology, urology, radiology, anesthesiology, dentistry, dialysis
Doai Memorial Hospital
2-1-11, Yokoami, Tel. 3625-6381
Internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dermatology, urology, physical therapy, radiology, anesthesiology, dentistry, dialysis
Yamada Memorial Hospital
2-20-1, Ishiwara, Tel. 3624-1151
Internal medicine, pediatrics, orthopedic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, dermatology, urology
Sanikukai Hospital
3-20-2, Taihei, Tel. 3622-9191
Internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, dermatology, urology
Nakabayashi Hospital
3-29-9, Higashi-Mukojima, Tel. 3614-4641
Pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology
Shirahigebashi Hospital
4-2-10, Higashi-Mukojima, Tel. 3611-6363
Internal medicine, gastrointestinal department, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, ophthalmology, nutrition, otolaryngology, dermatology, urology, physical therapy, radiology, anesthesiology, circulatory organs department, respiratory organs department
Tokyo Metropolitan Rehabilitation Hospital
2-14-1, Tsutsumi-Dori, Tel. 3616-8600
Ophthalmology, otolaryngology, urology, psychiatry, dentistry, orthopedic surgery, circulatory organs department, rehabilitation
Kajiwara Hospital
3-31-12, Sumida, Tel. 3614-2255
Internal medicine, surgery orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation
Kenseido Hospital
1-25-10, Oshiage, Tel. 3622-2297
Internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, venereal disease department, radiology, dentistry
Sumida Central Hospital
3-67-1, Kyojima, Tel. 3617-1414
Internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, heart and vascular surgery, dermatology, radiology, circulatory organs department
Mukojima Hospital
1-5-10, Yahiro, Tel. 3610-3651
Internal medicine, respiratory organs department, circulatory organs department, neurology, surgery, orthopedic surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dermatology, urology, physical therapy, radiology
Nakamura Hospital
2-1-1, Yahiro, Tel. 3612-7131
Internal medicine, gastrointestinal department, surgery, orthopedic surgery, cranial nerve surgery, dermatology, physical therapy, circulatory organs department, proctology
Procedure for Receiving Treatment (First-Time Visit) (Shoshin)
Standard procedure at a hospital:
- At the reception desk, explain your medical problem and specify the department where you want to receive treatment. If you have your Health Insurance Certificate with you, show it to the receptionist.
- When the standard registration is completed at the reception desk, you will receive a consultation ticket. Turn this ticket in to the departmental receptionist. Normally, you wait for your turn in the area in front or in the immediate vicinity of the department.
- A nurse will call your name when it is your turn to see the doctor and receive treatment.
- After treatment, pay the appropriate fee at the cashier's counter. If the doctor prescribed medication, give the prescription to the pharmacy to receive your medicine. Most hospitals in Japan have their own pharmacy on the premises. However, in recent years, many pharmacies and hospitals have become separate. In such cases, patients must go to an outside pharmacy to receive their medication.
Important Note on Health Insurance Certificate
If you fail to submit your Health Insurance Certificate, you will have to pay all medical expenses by yourself. If you did not have your insurance certificate with you, or in circumstances of an emergency nature, you pay the full amount and at a later date you can be reimbursed by your insurance company for the portion covered by the insurance plan. When you continuously receive treatment, you have to submit your insurance certificate at the beginning of each month at most medical facilities.
If You Become Ill at Night or on Holidays
In Sumida City, the Holiday First Aid Treatment Center (kyujitsu okyu shinryojo) provides after-hours and holiday medical treatment. Please have your insurance certificate ready when you use this service. Regarding dental care, dentists in the city take turns in providing after-hours treatment. The on-duty schedule of the dental clinics is announced in the city newsletter published on the first day of each month (in Japanese only).
For further information, contact the Health Planning Division of the Sumida City Hall, 4th Floor, Tel. 5608-6189.
At night or on holidays, contact Sumida City Hall Security Office, Tel. 5609-1111
Concerning after-hours and holiday emergency medical treatment, their is a telephone information service which gives you the nearest facility available to you.
Foreign Languages Medical Information Service, Tel. 5285-8181.
Holiday First Aid Treatment Center in Sumida
Internal medicine and pediatrics
Hours: 9 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. on holidays
Address: 3-36-7, Mukojima, Sumida Social Welfare and Health Center, 1st Floor
Tel. 5608-3700
Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medicine Information Center (Telephone service)
Hours: 24 hours (in Japanese)
Tel. 5272-0303
Tokyo Fire Department Telephone Service
Hours: 24 hours
Tel. 3212-2323
Hospitals with Foreign-Language-Speaking Doctors, Medical Expenses
There are hospitals and medical facilities in Sumida City that offer treatment in foreign languages. If you become ill, contact the Public Health Medical Information Center, and they will introduce you to the appropriate hospital or medical facility.
Public Health Medical Information Center (Himawari)
Information is provided concerning medical facilities that offer treatment in foreign languages and concerning the medical treatment system in Japan.
Location: 2-44-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku (inside Health Plaza)
Languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai and Spanish
Tel. 5285-8181
Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Medical Expenses
Japan has a public health insurance program wherein subscribers pay 20 to 30% of the total cost for medical treatment. Foreigners who are employed may also enroll in a public health insurance program. The National Health Insurance Program (Kokumin kenko hoken) is a public insurance program operated by the city for residents. Foreign residents who have completed foreign resident registration and are staying in Japan for one year or more may enroll. (Refer to page 60 for details on the National Health Insurance Program.)
