My hospital requested a translator, can you help?
Our staff, a nurse or a medical social worker will visit a hospital to help your communication with healthcare staff. Even if the doctor speaks English often a translator is needed to communicate with administration staff, nurses and medical technical staff for testing. Often a translator is requested when a patient has imaging tests like MRI/CT/ultrasound, pre-procedure instructions by nurse or at the time of hospital admission or discharge. Using a translator helps a patient as well as the healthcare staff and important for safe procedures.
Our staff is trained with healthcare interpretation fields. Sara is a registered social worker. She has worked in various international healthcare facilities including hospitals and medical assistance companies. She completed a renowned interpretation training program Bridging the Gap in USA. Meghan is a registered nurse, holds a Japanese and US nursing license.
They both are experienced with international patients and familiar with the needs of both patients and Japanese medical staff.
We can also visit public health center for baby checkups and vaccinations, city or ward offices to help with subsidy or health insurance application/process, nursery, daycare or kindergarten for interviews, observation and enrollment.
We will try to work with your request however if it requires a very high level medical knowledge or a rare condition that we have not experienced, we may not be able to assist. Please enquire the details via email.
Hospitals we have visited to offer interpretation service.
Tokyo
The Jikei Univeristy Hospital
The University of Tokyo Hospital – frequently visited hospital
JCHO Tokyo Takanawa Hospital
Toranomon Hospital – frequently visited hospital
Inoue Eye Clinic
Nippon Dental Univeristy Hospital
Yotsuya Medical Cube
St. Lukes Hospital
The Cardiovascular Institute
Keio Univeristy Hospital – frequently visited hospital
National Center For Global Health and Medicine Hospital
Tokyo Medical Univeristy Hospital
Tokyo Womens Medical Univeristy Hospital
Juntendo Univeristy Hospital – frequently visited hospital
Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
Nippon Medical School Hospital
Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR
Koto Hospital
Fukagawa Yasue Clinic
Tokyo Medical Center
National Center for Child Health and Development Hospital
Shimokitazawa Hospital
Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital
Japan Red Cross Medical Center Hiroo – frequently visited hospital
Yoyogi Hospital
Tokyo Metropolitan Otsuka Hospital
Izumi Memorial Hospital – frequently visited hospital
Japanese Red Cross Tokyo Katsushika Perinatal Center
Ayase Obstrics and Gynecology
Iwakura Hospital
Nishikasai Inoue Eye Clinic
Saigusa Maternity Clinic
Tokai Univeristy Hachioji Hospital
Shibata Obstrics and Gynecology Clinic
Tachikawa Sogo Hospital
Kyorin Univeristy Hospital
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry Hospital – frequently visited hospital
Jikei Univeristy 3rd Hospital
Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital
Sasa General Hospital
Kanagawa
Minato Red Cross Hospital – frequently visited hospital
Yokohama City Univeristy Hospital
Shin-Yurigaoka General Hospital
Kawasaki City Tama Hospital
Kawasaki City Saiwai Hospital
Showa Univeristy Fujigaoka Hospital
Yokohama Municial Citizen’s Hospital- frequently visited hospital
Aiiku Hospital Yamato
We will update hospitals in other regions shortly.