Today I went to a Japanese hospital for the first time. If you have a hokensho (保険証: Insurance card) you can basically go to any hospital in Japan. This particular hospital's director is a Rotarian so all was good. I went and showed them my card and they gave me an information sheet to fill out. Like any other hospital in Canada, you had to give your name, age, birth date, current medications and any other illnesses or allergies that you have. Pretty straight forward. I gave the sheet back and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Almost an hour. Which was odd because the last time I went to a Rotarian operated medical centre, I was in and out in 20 minutes. This Rotarian doesn't like me, I guess haha. So this (cute) male nurse asked me questions about my medical history, what my symptoms were, and again about which medications I'm taking. Once again, pretty much the same as any other hospital visit. He then took my temperature (Fun fact: Japanese people, be they doctors or regular people, will only (unless you are a baby or something) take your temperature from your underarm. A very ineffective way, if you ask me) and asked me to pee in a cup. I hate peeing in cups. So after said action, I waited some more and then finally the doctor saw me. He basically told me everything I knew and did nothing (the nurses did everything, yay nurses!!!) except tell me I needed medication (I already knew this). So then we were dismissed and waited some more before we had to pay. Then we went to the pharmacy and waited again. I got my medication, paid and left. Now in Canada if I were to get the same medication, I would probably be on the antibiotic for a couple of weeks. Here, however, I only have to take it for three days. Yay! I hope it'll work. So all in all, a good experience. And only ended up costing me about $15!
Now I need to get ready to go to school. -__-;; What a pain lol
TL;DR: Japanese hospitals make you wait a long time. But they are cheap!
