Medical Services

Number of Medical Staff	(persons)
Doctors Dentists Nurses   Per 100beds   Per 100beds   Per 100 beds Fukuoka Pref. 8397.0 9.1 532.7 0.6 38,280 41.6 Saga Pref. 1253.3 7.8 29.7 0.2 6,707 41.7 Nagasaki Pref. 2450.3 8.3 174.4 0.6 11,959 40.3 Kumamoto Pref. 2829.4 7.5 60.7 0.2 15,301 40.6 Oita Pref. 1666.3 7.8 21.7 0.1 8,954 41.8 Miyazaki Pref. 1590.4 7.8 27.9 0.1 8,633 42.3 Kagoshima Pref. 2617.5 7.2 161.1 0.4 14,556 39.9

Note : As for the number of part-time doctors and dentists, they have been calculated according to the working hours of permanent employees of each facility. As for nurse, such calculation is not made.

As of 1996 Hospital Survey (Ministry of Health and Welfare)

Number of Medical Facilities and Beds

Facilities Beds (per 100,000 residents) Hospitals Clinics Dental Clinics Hospitals Clinics Per 100,000 residents Per 100,000 residents Per 100,000 residents Fukuoka Pref. 492 9.9 3,931 79.4 2630 53.1 1860.2 323.0 Saga Pref. 120 13.5 615 69.4 357 40.3 1816.6 487.8 Nagasaki Pref. 180 11.7 1,364 88.5 701 45.5 1924.7 546.5 Kumamoto Pref. 234 12.6 1,402 75.3 706 37.9 2023.3 550.8 Oita Pref. 164 13.3 878 71.4 514 41.8 1741.8 511.4 Miyazaki Pref. 166 14.1 803 68.2 463 39.3 1737.1 511.9 Kagoshima Pref. 292 16.3 1221 68.1 701 39.1 2037.0 495.7

As of 1996 Medical Facility Survey (Ministry of Health and Welfare)

Public Medical Insurance To receive treatment at a hospital to receive medical care, you have a choice of a hospital, public health center or private clinic. Usually you do not have to make an appointment in advance except with a dentist. The sooner you subscribe to the health care insurance system, the more secure you will feel.Public Health Care Insurance Japan has a public health care insurance system, under which the national government pays part of the costs of medical care for illness, injury and childbirth. A foreign citizen, if registered as an alien resident in Japan, can subscribe to the public health care insurance system and become entitled to partial government coverage of the costs of care for illness, accident, injury and childbirth. Subscribers receive a health care insurance certificate. If this certificate is presented at a hospital or clinic, the subscriber bears only 10 to 30 percent of the doctor's bill.

Medical Facilities with Foreign-language speaking Doctors At many of the medical care facilities in kyushu, you can communicate with the doctor in English. At some facilities, you can find a doctor who speaks German, Chinese, Korean or Esperanto. For other medical care facilities, please inquire with one of the international exchange organizations. Kyushu University Hospital Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Pref. Tel 81-92-641-1151 Fukuoka Municipal Hospital Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Pref. Tel 81-92-632-1111 Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref. Tel 81-93-541-1831 Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan Saga City, Saga Pref. Tel 81-952-24-2171 Saga Medical University Hospital Saga City, Saga Pref. Tel 81-952-31-6511 Nagasaki University Hospital Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Pref. Tel 81-958-47-2111 Nagasaki Hospital Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Pref. Tel 81-958-23-2261 Kumamoto University Hospital Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. Tel 81-96-373-5978 National Kumamoto Hospital Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref. Tel 81-96-353-6501 Oita Prefectural Hospital Oita City, Oita Pref. Tel 81-975-46-7111 Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Pref. Tel 81-985-85-1510 Kagoshima Municipal Hospital Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Pref. Tel 81-99-244-2101 Kagoshima University Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Pref. Tel 81-99-275-5111