When You're in Trouble
Emergencies and Disasters
Accidents
Organizations Providing Support for Foreign Residents
When You Get Sick
Medical Treatment Questionnaire
Night,Weekend and Holiday Emergency Medical Facilities
Weights and Measures Conversion Table

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When You Get Sick...

• If you feel sick and do not have an appropriate medicine, it is better to see a physician.
• Examination hours vary from hospital to hospital, but they are generally from about 9 am to 6 pm with a lunch break from 12 pm to 2 pm.
• In general, hospitals will not be open at night and on Sundays and national holidays. (Some hospitals will be also closed on Thursdays or Saturday afternoons.)
• If an accident or sudden illness occur at night, weekend, or holiday, you should contact emergency medical facilities.

�œGoing to a Hospital

• When you are going to visit a hospital, you should bring your insurance certificate and money with you for the examination fees.
• Choose a hospital appropriate to your symptoms of illness such as internist, otolarynologist, ophthalmologist and surgeon.
  
• If you have no idea of choosing an appropriate division, go to a general hospital. After explaining your symptoms at the reception desk, you will be directed to the proper place.
• At a dental clinic, the dentist can see patients in the order of appointment. Other departments in a general hospital, the doctor can see patients in order of arrival.

�œAt the Reception Desk of a Hospital

• When visiting a hospital for the first time, please tell about that at the reception desk and submit your insurance certificate.
• Fill in an examination form
• In case of arrival order, wait until your turn to see the doctor.

�œDuring the Examination

• When your name is called, you will be directed to an examination room.
• The doctor will ask you some questions about your symptoms. Most of doctors can speak a little English, but it is better to bring someone who can interpret with you.

�œCommon Questions Asked by Doctors During an Examination

• What is wrong?�@What happened?
• How long have you been feeling like this?
• How does it hurt? What is the pain like?
• What kind of illnesses have you had in the past?
• Have you ever felt this way before?

�œIndicate the Part Does not Feel Well:

�œMedical Terms

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