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For a limited time until February 13, 2020, Portuguese and Spanish medical interpreters will be stationed at three medical institutions in the prefecture.

You can ask for an interpreter from the reception desk for assistance on inquiries, consultation, examination, health guidance, taking medicine, medical cost, explanation at the time of admission and discharge, etc.

Please apply at the reception of each medical institution when you wish to acquire the service. Interpreter usage fee is free of charge.

The patient’s personal information is managed by the hospital, and the interpreter keeps the confidentiality.

Aside from Portuguese and Spanish, there are also Chinese, Filipino, English and Thai medical interpreters stationed in other medical institutions in Mie prefecture.

Please refer to Mie Prefecture International Exchange Foundation (MIEF) website for medical institution name, time etc.

Medical Institutions with medical interpreters

http://www.mief.or.jp/jp/iryouhaichi.html　(Japanese)

http://www.mief.or.jp/po/iryoumodel.html　(Portuguese)

http://www.mief.or.jp/sp/iryoumodel.html　(Spanish)

Medical institutions that can provide foreign language assistance

http://www.mief.or.jp/jp/iryou_kikan.html　(Japanese)

http://www.mief.or.jp/po/medical_list.html　(Portuguese)

http://www.mief.or.jp/sp/medical_list.html　(Spanish)

http://www.mief.or.jp/fi/medical_list.html　(Filipino)

http://www.mief.or.jp/ch/medical_list.html　 (Chinese)

http://www.mief.or.jp/en/medical_list.html　(English)

※Medical institutions with medical interpreters for a limited period

Name of medical institution	Supported language	Period・Day of the week・Time
◆Mie Kita Iryo Center Inabe Sogo Byouin Inabe-shi Hokusei-cho Ageki 771 http://www.miekosei.or.jp/4_ish/access.html	Spanish	Every Tuesday (except holidays) 9am-1pm
	Portuguese	Every Thursday (except holidays) 9am-1pm
◆Suzuka Kaisei Byoin Suzuka-shi Kocho 112-1 ◆Suzuka Kaisei Byoin Fuzoku Clinic Suzuka-shi Kocho 112-2 http://www.kaiseihp.com/suzu-byoin/access.html	Portuguese	Every Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am-12: 30 pm (except holidays)

There is also a culture in medicine.  It is better to know in advance about medical care in Japan.

“Japanese medical culture and rules“

https://mieinfo.com/en/informations/health/japan-medical-culture-rules/index.html

“Let’s use the insurance card correctly!”

https://mieinfo.com/en/informations/health/japan-insurance/index.html

 “Dial 119 to call the ambulance”

https://mieinfo.com/en/informations/health/ambulance-kyukyusha/index.html

“Reservations are necessary in most dentists. Let’s observe the reservation time”

https://mieinfo.com/en/informations/health/dentist-japan/index.html