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Outpatient information

Reception hours: 8:30-11:30 Monday to Friday

• We provide emergency service at all hours.
• If the doctor assigned to you is absent on your hospital visit day, another doctor may see you. Surgery departments such as Mammary Gland Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Plastic Surgery have specific operation days. On the operation days, no outpatient service is provided. Please be sure to check your department's schedule before your hospital visit. For details, please see each department's outpatient schedule.

Days closed

• Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays
• Year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 - January 3)
  ※The length of these holidays is subject to change depending on the year.
• Hospital Anniversary Day (July 3)

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As one of the main pillars of its future healthcare policies, the Japanese ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare promotes the division of roles between major hospitals and smaller healthcare facilities. Our hospital has also been discussing with clinic doctors how to divide responsibilities and ensure better cooperation among ourselves. In line with these efforts, you are asked, as far as possible to bring a referral from your doctor on your first visit to our hospital.

As a general rule, our Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Otorhinolaryngology Departments receive only patients with a referral from their primary care physicians. Patients visiting other departments without a referral will be asked to pay ¥7,700 as a "Fee for Treatment of Patients' Choice" in addition to a "first visit" medical fee. In some cases, however, you may not be received by the department of your choice.

Medical Examination Fee

In line with the April 1996 amendment of the Health Insurance Act, a "fee for treatment of patients' choice concerning their first hospital visit" has been instituted for hospitals with 200 or more beds. At Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, too, patients without a referral from another medical institution will be charged this fee on their first hospital visit. However, the following patients will be exempt from payment of this fee.

conditions:

• Patients with a referral from another medical institution
• Patients carried in by ambulance or received as an emergency case
• Patients eligible for public medical assistance under the Public Assistance Act
• Patients with a publicly funded healthcare coupon (Medical Assistance Certificate for Disabled Persons, etc.)

Requirements

• Passport or Special Permanent Resident Certificate
• Public health insurance card (only for patients who have one)
• Referral from a primary care physician (only for patients who have one)

Payments

Cash/IC Card/Credit Card





The Bank account for money transfer

The Bank of Fukuoka,Ltd.,Kenchonai Branch

• Swift Code :FKBKJPJT
• Account No.:601850
• Name:Fukuoka Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital
• Address:3-46,Tenjin 1-chome,Chuo-ku,Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
• Phone:(+81)092-771-8151

Outpatient Treatment Flow

Please come to the "Referral/First Visit" counter on the 1st floor.

Patients with an appointment are asked to check in through the Reception Machine for Returning Patients on the 1st floor. The machine starts operation from 8:20 a.m. Based on the national government's healthcare policies, we focus on inpatient services and place priority on outpatients referred by other medical institutions. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Interpreter Service at hospital

As for language interpretation, we assign external interpretation agencies to provide interpretation services to our patients to the extent necessary for them to receive medical care. Patients wishing to receive interpretation services beyond that scope are asked to arrange for such services themselves.