Kitami City Night Time Emergency Medical Centre/Kitami Red Cross Hospital After Hours Reception/Hours: 10 p.m. - 8.30 a.m.iDepartment of Internal Medicine, Child Medicine Departmentj./Telephone Number: 24-3115
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Kitami Red Cross Hospital
Emergency Medical Treatment Guide

The Emergency Medical Centre provides emergency treatment for external patients.
Patients arriving by ambulance
Patients needing treatment outside usual hours

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Follow the steps below when needing emergency medical treatment.
 A child medicine doctor is available, at specified times.

Steps To Follow When Needing Emergency Medical Treatment


1. Please telephone the hospital first.
(tel 24-3115)
 Give the following information to the person who answers:
1. Name, age, sex of patient
2. Date of birth
3. Medical treatment card number, if you have such a card
4. Information about patient's sickness or injury
The person will give you instructions, such as for first aid or calling an ambulance, based on the information you have provided about the condition of the patient.

 The hospital reception will then prepare necessary documentation before the patient arrives.
2. Patient comes to the after hours emergency reception centre. Don't forget to bring your health insurance card and medical treatment card, if you have one.
3. Treatment of patient. As a rule, patients are treated in the order they have come to reception, but they should understand that sometimes the order of treatment changes depending on the patients' conditions
4. Payment for treatment. Emergency external patients are required to pay the estimated cost of their treatment. They will be given a temporary receipt.

Within one month, they should take this receipt to the accounts section in the main reception hall of the hospital, where the account will be corrected. This may involve either a refund or an additional payment.
  Please come to the accounts section during ordinary hours,
  weekdays, from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Patients unable to settle the account within the required period should contact the external patients accounts section, extension 1114, on weekdays between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
5. Obtain prescribed medicine. Prescribed medicine can be obtained at the prescriptions counter in the main reception hall of the hospital.

Department of Child Medicine - After Hours and Holidays


The Child Medicine Department offers after hours treatment at the following times:
Weekdays (Mondays to Fridays) 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Hospital Holidays 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Please telephone the hospital before visiting.
When seeking treatment, come to the after hours reception.
Complete reception procedures at least 10 minutes before the times listed above.
Otherwise it may not be possible to see a doctor.
At times other than the above, child patients will be seen by the emergency doctor on duty.

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