Comments on: Calling an Ambulance in Japan http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/ A fresh look at Japan, by gaijins for gaijins! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:07:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ron GUI AFCEM(UK) http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-80623 Ron GUI AFCEM(UK) Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:39:01 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-80623 Greetings,we are able to assist in EMT training across SEA.... We have established programmes for Malaysia,Singapore,Kuwait,UAE and are talking to Indonesia etc... Maybe we could help with Japan EMT training.... Greetings,we are able to assist in EMT training across SEA….
We have established programmes for Malaysia,Singapore,Kuwait,UAE and are talking
to Indonesia etc…
Maybe we could help with Japan EMT training….

]]> By: Ao http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-40433 Ao Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:09:11 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-40433 Another misfortune due to full hospitals; a pregnant woman in Nara Prefecture was turned away by 10 hospitals before having a miscarriage http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20070830a1.html I can only see this getting worse as the population ages and hospitals fill up Another misfortune due to full hospitals; a pregnant woman in Nara Prefecture was turned away by 10 hospitals before having a miscarriage

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/mail/nn20070830a1.html

I can only see this getting worse as the population ages and hospitals fill up

]]> By: Empress Leo http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-6565 Empress Leo Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:20:48 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-6565 Wow....I'm going to Japan this August for school and reading this stuff is really scary and interesting. I'm gonna make sure I stay healthy. Gullevek: What's the link to the paper you wrote? I'd love to know the Japanese response to your writing. Wow….I’m going to Japan this August for school and reading this stuff is really scary and interesting. I’m gonna make sure I stay healthy.

Gullevek: What’s the link to the paper you wrote? I’d love to know the Japanese response to your writing.

]]> By: gullevek http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-242 gullevek Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:57:36 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-242 I wouldn't be too scared. Seriously. Living here is wonderful. It's just, if you have a medical emergency and you do not speek japanese, you have probably more problems than just the basic ambulance things. As horrible as it sounds, it is just annoying for me, because I am not used to that. Last time I wrote a longer document as a homework comparing my country and Japan and I posted it to flickr and so many japaense people were surprised and impressed by this. They don't even think about it, because it is normal for them. Probably they would be confused about the medical service in my country too ... I wouldn’t be too scared. Seriously. Living here is wonderful.

It’s just, if you have a medical emergency and you do not speek japanese, you have probably more problems than just the basic ambulance things.

As horrible as it sounds, it is just annoying for me, because I am not used to that. Last time I wrote a longer document as a homework comparing my country and Japan and I posted it to flickr and so many japaense people were surprised and impressed by this.

They don’t even think about it, because it is normal for them. Probably they would be confused about the medical service in my country too …

]]> By: Pink http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-239 Pink Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:16:14 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-239 Good to hear that I am not alone with my ambulance experience. Thanks Giancarlo, I will be sure to keep this in mind. So even if you are in a taxi when you get to a hospital, they can still turn you down? Meaning an ambulance is still the best way to get some medical attention in Japan right? Gil: at least you have hospitals to treat you in the U.S., in New Zealand we just have waiting lists... Good to hear that I am not alone with my ambulance experience.
Thanks Giancarlo, I will be sure to keep this in mind. So even if you are in a taxi when you get to a hospital, they can still turn you down? Meaning an ambulance is still the best way to get some medical attention in Japan right?

Gil: at least you have hospitals to treat you in the U.S., in New Zealand we just have waiting lists…

]]> By: Spaceloop http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-230 Spaceloop Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:26:47 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-230 Hello: This is the first time i get here... it's very interesting to read this, i can't believe that kind of service... i would like to live in japan, i'm from cancun, mexico... but when i read about the "real" japan's life... i think about it twice... i know now japan is expensive and it's very difficult to live there... it's a shame... Hello:

This is the first time i get here…

it’s very interesting to read this, i can’t believe that kind of service…

i would like to live in japan, i’m from cancun, mexico… but when i read about the “real” japan’s life… i think about it twice…

i know now japan is expensive and it’s very difficult to live there… it’s a shame…

]]> By: gullevek http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-217 gullevek Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:23:52 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-217 Japan and Doctors. I had twice an ambulance experience with my former girlfriend and lucky it was never that critical but it was eye opening. I lucky knew to call 119 already and so I could skip that part. But yes, they wanted my phone number and once they were near my place they called me up, lucky they were already very slow, so no cut offs here. But most stunning for was, that they took of their shoes when they entered my place. Plus they all hat their white hard hats on. Must be some regulation. The paperwork was done in the ambulance while driving, the first time we were lucky and the next hospital was open, but the second time we had to make a detour to another hospital where they had to call in a doctor and we had to wait some time ... But to be honest, it could be worse. I am much more scared of the ignorance of the doctors and the 5s per patient rules they seem to have here. Japan and Doctors. I had twice an ambulance experience with my former girlfriend and lucky it was never that critical but it was eye opening. I lucky knew to call 119 already and so I could skip that part.

But yes, they wanted my phone number and once they were near my place they called me up, lucky they were already very slow, so no cut offs here.

But most stunning for was, that they took of their shoes when they entered my place. Plus they all hat their white hard hats on. Must be some regulation.

The paperwork was done in the ambulance while driving, the first time we were lucky and the next hospital was open, but the second time we had to make a detour to another hospital where they had to call in a doctor and we had to wait some time …

But to be honest, it could be worse. I am much more scared of the ignorance of the doctors and the 5s per patient rules they seem to have here.

]]> By: Gil http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-213 Gil Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:58:26 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-213 i have concluded its a cultural difference...in order to avoid responsibility of having a patient die in their care ,they figure that if you are alive by the time you got to hospital 5 then your long term chances of walking out healthy and thus paying the bill are higher. In the US they are just as happy to treat you at any stage as long as the procedure allows them to surgically remove your wallet...dying is not shameful... Pass the parcel is a game that can be enjoyed at any age! i have concluded its a cultural difference…in order to avoid responsibility of having a patient die in their care ,they figure that if you are alive by the time you got to hospital 5 then your long term chances of walking out healthy and thus paying the bill are higher.
In the US they are just as happy to treat you at any stage as long as the procedure allows them to surgically remove your wallet…dying is not shameful…

Pass the parcel is a game that can be enjoyed at any age!

]]> By: harry http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-211 harry Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:33:23 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-211 That brings back memory of my first year in Tokyo. I had a strong chest pain in the middle of the night and ended up catching an ambulance to what I guess was the nearest hospital (I certainly didn't know any at the time). Besides the fact that the Dr. Never really worked out what was wrong with me, they decided at about 4am that I was fine. I was released onto the street with no shoes, no money and wearing only my pj's!! I had no idea where the closest station was or even how to get home. At least they give you a ride home in most countries!! That brings back memory of my first year in Tokyo. I had a strong chest pain in the middle of the night and ended up catching an ambulance to what I guess was the nearest hospital (I certainly didn’t know any at the time). Besides the fact that the Dr. Never really worked out what was wrong with me, they decided at about 4am that I was fine. I was released onto the street with no shoes, no money and wearing only my pj’s!! I had no idea where the closest station was or even how to get home. At least they give you a ride home in most countries!!

]]> By: Alex http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-210 Alex Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:32:21 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-life/calling-an-ambulance-in-japan/#comment-210 Wow... a hospital refusing a patient... What the hell? You could get better service in South America! Wow… a hospital refusing a patient… What the hell? You could get better service in South America!

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