Get vaccinated before studying abroad
Travel Outpatient
The Travel Outpatient provides vaccinations and health advice for people who will be living or traveling abroad, as well as consultations and medical treatment regarding health and illness after returning to their home country. We also offer pre-departure consultations for those with chronic illnesses, as well as health checkups for those who will be posted overseas for a long period of time. We also prepare medical certificates in English.
Travel Outpatient
- Those planning to travel abroad
- Students planning to study abroad (Click here for details)
- Those planning to move overseas and their families
- Those who feel unwell after returning from overseas
2. What we mainly deal with
Pre-departure consultation
| Vaccination |
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|---|---|
| Certificate of vaccination in English | Our hospital format, or study abroad/destination designated format |
| English medical certificate (if you have a chronic disease) | Hospital format |
| malaria prevention | |
| Anti-mosquito measures | How to choose an insect repellent spray |
| Measures against altitude sickness | |
| tuberculosis test | Chest X-ray, T-SPOT (examination equivalent to the tuberculin test, blood test) |
| Antibody test (blood test) | Measles, rubella, mumps, chickenpox |
Post-departure health consultation (insurance medical treatment)
- Fever after travel
- Diarrhea after travel
- Other symptoms after travel
3. Outpatient procedure before departure
First visit
- Medical Examination: Confirmation of travel schedule/requests, confirmation of Maternal and Child Health Handbook, explanation of necessary tests/vaccine, preparation of vaccination plan (reservation for next visit)
- Examination/vaccination (Usually, vaccination starts at the first visit)
Subsequent visits
- required vaccinations
- (When requested) Create an English vaccination certificate when vaccination is completed
others
- (When requested) Prepare an English medical certificate for chronic diseases (if requested)
- Prescription of antimalarial drugs (Malarone®, Vibramycin®, Mefaquin®)
- Prescription of anti-altitude sickness medicine (Diamox®)
4. Post-departure outpatient care (fever and other symptoms after returning home)
If you become ill after traveling, it is recommended that you visit a medical institution with expertise in diagnosing and treating diseases that can cause fever and diarrhea after Travel Outpatient, such as travel medicine. Our experts are here to help.
The reason why it is recommended to visit a specialized medical institution is that the experience of treating diseases that do not exist in Japan (such as malaria and dengue fever) varies from hospital to hospital, and that diagnostic tests for some travel-related infectious diseases are not available. , it is difficult at general medical facilities (because the test is not covered by insurance), etc. At our hospital, it is always possible to conduct tests that are not covered by insurance, such as malaria rapid antigen tests and dengue virus rapid diagnostic kits, and we have an environment that allows for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
Symptoms of travel-related infectious diseases generally appear within 3 months, but if you are worried about the relationship between travel and symptoms even after 3 months have passed, please contact us.
On days when the Travel Outpatient is not held, visits during the daytime are treated as General Medicine outpatients, and after-hours visits are treated as emergency outpatients.
5. Date and time of examination and doctor in charge
Tuesday 9:00-11:30 (Infectious disease/ Travel Outpatient: Toshikazu Hasuike)
Thursday 9:00-11:30 (Infectious disease/ Travel Outpatient: Asako Doi)
Friday 9:00-11:30 (Infectious disease/ Travel Outpatient: Koichi Kuroda)
However, medical examination for travel is from 9:00 to 10:00 on the above schedule.
6. Reservation
If you would like to see a doctor, please make an appointment directly by phone.
7. How to make a reservation
- Those who wish to see a doctor: Please make an appointment directly by phone.
- Those who wish to undergo a health checkup: Confirmation of inspection items is required.
Send a medical certificate or a document that shows the details of the examination and a "diagnostic certificate sending form" by fax in advance.
Please contact the reservation phone number to confirm the arrival of the fax.
*If you do not have a prescribed medical certificate, please check in advance with the institution where you will submit your medical certificate form to see if it meets the required inspection items. (Medical certificate from our hospital)
| Reservation phone | 078-302-5110 (Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm) |
|---|---|
| Travel Outpatient "Medical Certificate Sending Form" | Word｜PDF |
price
- First visit fee: 3,800 yen, Repeat visit fee: 970 yen
- Vaccination certificate in English: 2,200 yen Medical certificate in English: 1,100 yen
- Please refer to here for the price of each vaccine.
* Vaccinations and health consultations before travel will be at your own expense (consultation fee, vaccination fee, medical certificate fee, etc.).
*Medical treatments other than health checkups after returning to Japan are covered by health insurance.
* Vaccine fees are subject to change due to fluctuations in delivery prices and revisions to medical fees.
9. Items to bring with you at your first visit
- Maternal and Child Health Handbook (or a photo of the vaccination record)
- (In the case of studying abroad) Vaccination certificate designated by the study abroad destination
- (When requesting a medical certificate in English) Medication notebook
10. Things to be aware of
- If you are unwell, such as having a fever of 37.5 degrees or higher, you cannot receive the vaccine.
- Please bring your Maternal and Child Health Handbook with you at your first visit, as you will need it to create your vaccination certificate. Alternatively, take a picture of the vaccination record page of the maternal and child health handbook with a mobile phone, etc., and present it at the time of examination.
- If you need a medical certificate in English for a chronic disease, and if you are going to another hospital, please bring your medicine notebook and test data so far. If necessary, we will refer you to your family doctor for information.
- Some vaccines (such as the hepatitis B vaccine) require multiple doses. We recommend that you have plenty of time before your departure to see a doctor. Six months or more before departure is ideal, but a month or more allows for many vaccinations.
- We try to create English vaccination certificates and medical certificates in English as soon as possible, but if it is necessary to refer to other hospitals for information, or if it takes time to obtain test results, we will contact you. It may take some time. As a guideline, it will be handed over in about a week after the examination. If it is urgent, please inform the attending physician directly.
- Vaccinations and health consultations before studying abroad will be at your own expense (consultation fee, vaccination fee, medical certificate preparation fee).
