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Multilingual consultations on sudden illnesses in children

子どもの急な病気などについて、多言語で相談ができます　～みえ子ども医療ダイヤル（＃８０００）のお知らせ～

2025/04/28 Monday Announcements, Health, Medical Care and Welfare

~ Notice on the Mie Children’s Medical Hotline (#8000) ~

The Mie Children’s Medical Hotline (#8000) offers telephone consultations with health professionals about illnesses, medications, and accidents involving children. The service is available in 23 languages.

  1. Target audience
    Children under 18 and their families.
  2. Consultation topics
    Childhood illnesses, medications, and accidents involving children.
  3. Hours of Operation
    • Monday to Saturday: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. the following day
    • Sundays, holidays and New Year’s Eve (December 30 to January 3): 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. the following day (24 hours)
  4. Telephone Number #8000
    If you are using a rotary dial phone,
    Hikari Denwa or IP phone, please call: 059-232-9955
  5. Languages ​​Available
    English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Thai, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepali, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Burmese, Khmer, Mongolian, Sinhala, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu and Japanese.
  6. Fee
    Consultation is free of charge (only the telephone fee will be charged).

The Mie Children’s Medical Hotline (#8000) brochure in Japanese can be accessed here.