City medical information

Clinics on duty on Sundays and holidays

‘Kyujitsu toban i’: are the medical clinics on duty on Sundays and public holidays. Surgery hours are 9am to 6pm. Be sure to take along your health insurance card.  ※Schedule changes monthly, see Takasaki City website list (Japanese) and use a translation app. For other cities, see your local city magazine.

City night clinic

Days/Times

Monday-Friday

7:30pm-10pm (internal medicine & pediatrics)

Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays & end-of-year period (29th Dec-3rd Jan)

7pm-10pm (internal medicine & pediatrics)

Location

Takasaki City Night Clinic (1st floor of General Health Center)

Takasaki-shi Takamatsu-cho 5-28 (高崎市高松町5番地28)

(Google Maps＜外部リンク＞)

Contact

Tel:027-381-6119

In an emergency

FIRE/MEDICAL= dial 119

POLICE= dial 110

Both emergency numbers are able to handle calls from people speaking only English

Children's health consultations by telephone

Gunma Prefecture provides this telephone service for parents so they can receive advice from nurses and public health advisors about what to do in various urgent situations involving their child’s health at night and on weekends when regular clinics are not open.

Hours: Monday-Saturday 6pm-8am following day, Sunday, public holidays and end-of-year period 8am-8am the following day

How to call: Dial #8000 by pressing the hash key (#) followed by 8000 (not available from IP or pulse dial connections, these people must call from a mobile phone)

Please note:

• In a medical emergency, dial 119
• This service cannot diagnose or treat your child

For：Babies to 6 year old children

Kodomo QQ Kids Emergency (Japan Pediatric Society)＜外部リンク＞

Other medical hotlines

• Gunma prefecture website＜外部リンク＞ (directory of foreign language-speaking hospitals)
• Tell Tokyo English Life Line＜外部リンク＞
  Every day for 45 years Tell Lifeline has been providing important connections and support to people all across Japan. We save lives
  Tel: 03-5774-0992 (9am – 11pm every day)
• AMDA International Medical Information Center＜外部リンク＞
  The AMDA International Medical Information Center provides information about hospitals with foreign language speaking staff, explanation of the Japanese medical system and telephone interpreting.
  Tel: 03-5285-8088
  Available: Everyday 9am-8pm
  Languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, etc.