{"id":51,"date":"2019-03-07T11:57:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T02:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:59:21","slug":"first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/guide\/first\/","title":{"rendered":"For First-Time Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main_contents with_sidebar\">\n<div class=\"sidebar_wrap\">\r\n\t<div class=\"sidebar guide\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar_inner\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"side_nav\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Guide for Patients<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<input id=\"tgl\" class=\"dropdownInput\" type=\"checkbox\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownBox\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"tgl\" class=\"dropdownLabel\"><span class=\"text\">Learn more<\/span><span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/label>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"menu-items\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/guide\/first\/\">To First-Time Visitors<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/guide\/first\/foreigner\/\">Guide for International Patients<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/guide\/revisit\/\">To those who re-visit us for consultation<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/divisions\/international_healthcare\/\">International Healthcare<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/divisions\/\">Primary care\u30fbSpecialty care<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/examination\/\">Comprehensive Medical Check-up<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.side_nav -->\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"widgets\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"widget-container intro_letter\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"widget-title\">Request for a referral letter<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\">We ask those who visit us as outpatients to bring a referral letter (patient's referral document) issued by primary care doctors or neighboring hospitals or clinics. Alternatively if you are English speaking and wish to make an appointment with one of our bilingual English speaking primary care physicians please call our Department of International Healthcare on <a href=\"tel:+81-3-6721-6239\">+81-3-6721-6239<\/a>.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.widgets -->\r\n\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.sidebar_inner -->\r\n\t<\/div><!-- \/.sidebar -->\r\n<\/div><!-- \/.sidebar_wrap -->\r\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"main_section\">\n<h1 class=\"first\">For First-Time Visitors<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hours\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Consultation Hours<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hours_inner clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reception\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span>Reception Hours<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>8:30a.m.-11:00a.m<br>1:00p.m.-3:00p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fs9\">Please confirm the outpatient consultation schedule in advance (Outpatient Consultation Schedule), as some clinical departments may be closed for examinations or operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span>Closed <\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays, Substitute Holidays, and the year-end and New Year holidays<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.hours_inner -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"column-box\">\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/nmct\/img\/guide\/index_01.jpg\" alt=\"Referral Letter (Patient\u2019s Referral Document)\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For those who are visiting our hospital for first time, we would ask to bring a referral letter issued by a primary care doctor, nearby hospital, or clinic, along with your national Japanese health insurance card. <\/p>\n<p>You would still able to reserve an appointment even if you do not have a referral letter. However, in such a case, we will make a surcharge of 7,700 yen (tax included) for first-time visitors, while 4,400 yen (tax included) for the re-visitor as a \u201cspecial (specified) medical care coverage\u201d. For the definition of the first time visitor please see below. <\/p>\n<p>As we have an on-site primary care services based at our hospital for international patients, you could speak to our primary care doctors in English to obtain a referral letter for our specialists in advance if necessary. If you would like to make a reservation with our primary care physicians or specialists, please call our international healthcare office on <a href=\"tel:+81-3-6721-6239\">+81-3-6721-6239<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to ask you to make an appointment with the specialist doctors you were referred to in advance. This would help to ease crowding in hospital and reduce your risk of COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n<h2>Patients Meeting a Criteria for First-Time Visitor<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The definition of the First time visitor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting us for consultation\/treatment for first time.<\/li>\n<li>Visiting a different specialist to the specialist where you are currently being treated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting the specialist doctor when your treatment was already discontinued by the same specialist (including discontinuation of the treatment for your own reasons).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 6 months has passed since your last visit to the hospital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Consultation Hours<\/h2>\n<div class=\"table_wrap\">\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/>\n<col width=\"14.2%\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Mon<\/th>\n<th>Tue<\/th>\n<th>Wed<\/th>\n<th>Thu<\/th>\n<th>Fri<\/th>\n<th>Sat<\/th>\n<th>Sun<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\">\n<p class=\"aligncenter\">8:30 a.m. ~ 11:00 a.m.<br \/>\n1:00 p.m. ~ 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<p class=\"aligncenter\">Closed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"list-note\">\n<li>*Consultations may be subject to a sudden change. Please confirm the outpatient consultation schedule in advance. Depending on the specialists, the requirements may vary. Please check the <a href=\"\/pdf\/schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outpatient consultation schedule<\/a> for more details. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Outpatient Consultation Flow<\/h2>\n<div class=\"column-box\">\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/nmct_en\/img\/guide\/index_02.gif\" alt=\"Outpatient Consultation Flow\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fs19\"><a href=\"\/en\/guide\/revisit\/\" class=\"arrow\">Follow Up Appointment<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"fs19\"><a href=\"\/en\/guide\/first\/foreigner\/\" class=\"arrow\">GUIDE FOR NON-JAPANESE PATIENTS <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>General Flow on the day of Your Visit<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Please go to the number 1 \u201cRegistration\u201d counter on the 1st floor. We will confirm your health insurance card and a referral letter. <\/li>\n<li>Please fill in the Registration Form.\u3000<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/en\/guide\/resistration_form.pdf\" class=\"pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Registration Form <\/a><\/li>\n<li>We will provide you with an Outpatient Reception Sheet and show you the reception desk for the department that you have the consultation with.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Our Approach to Minimising the Waiting Time<\/h2>\n<p>We provide outpatient consultation to almost 2,000 patients every day. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, we usually expect some wait; average waiting time is about 35 minutes, with 35% of patients waiting for longer than an hour. (December 2015 survey)<\/p>\n<p>We therefore try to restrict the maximum number of outpatient attendance to 2 consultations per day for each patient in order to make your outpatient experience as smooth as possible.<\/p>\n<p>This would allow us to focus more time on specialized treatments, operations, and inpatient treatments, as well as liaising with local primary care services. We will however ensure that we respond to any urgent cases or sudden worsening of condition if deemed appropriate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For First-Time Visitors For those who are visiting our hospital for first time, we would ask to bring a referr&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/1033"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nmct.ntt-east.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}