Information for medical institutions

　For languages that are rarely used, so-called rare languages, unlike major languages, interpreting services by private businesses may not be sufficient. In order to provide remote interpreting services for rare languages that are difficult, we are implementing a “Remote Interpreter Service Business for Rare Languages”.

　In order to supplement the prefecture's efforts to support foreign patients at medical institutions, the government has implemented a “one-stop service for night and holiday that contributes to foreign patients at medical institutions”.

　It is a multilingual tool for smooth acceptance of foreign patients, and is provided to medical institutions in Japan. Please use it according to the corresponding scene.

　"Study on improving the environment for accepting foreign patients" by the 2018 Health, Labor and Welfare Administration Promotion Survey Project Subsidy (Policy Science Promotion Research Project)) (Yumitsu Kitagawa, Keio University Hospital Director, School of Medicine (General / Gastroenterology) Professor) has organized the information necessary for improving the system for accepting foreign patients, and a "Manual for Medical Institutions for Accepting Foreign Patients" has been prepared.

　Yokohama City Local Medical Cooperative Center provides citizens who do not have a GP by telephone to nearby medical institutions.

　When a foreigner gets sick or injured, a multilingual medical questionnaire is posted so that the symptoms can be conveyed to doctors and others in their native language.

　JMIP is a system that evaluates the system for accepting foreign patients for medical institutions in Japan, including multilingual medical guidance and dealing with different cultures and religions.
　※For an overview of JMIP, please check the website (external site) of the Japan Medical Education Foundation.