Hospitalization Procedure

Before your hospitalization day

Please come to Support Center for Patient on the first floor at the Center for Outpatient Health.
A clerical staffer will explain the hospitalization procedure, life during hospitalization, payment and other relevant matters. In accordance with your doctor's instructions, the staffer will coordinate appointments for meetings and procedures required for hospitalization.

Face-to-face meeting before the hospitalization day

The meetings will be conducted as necessary and tailored to your condition by a nurse, a nutritionist, a pharmacist, etc.

Notification of hospitalization date

You will be informed of the hospitalization date from the department in which you will be hospitalized.
The methods for informing about hospitalization are as follows:
(1) Verbal notification during your outpatient visit to the hospital.
(2) Notification by phone (This notification may be made shortly before the hospitalization date, such as two days prior).

On your hospitalization day

We kindly request that patients scheduled for hospitalization undergo a health check before their visit to prevent nosocomial infections like COVID-19 and other contagious diseases. If you are found to have contracted an infectious disease, your hospitalization may need to be rescheduled. In the days leading up to your hospital admission, please refrain from unnecessary outings and strictly adhere to basic infection prevention measures.

If any of the following items apply to you, please consult a doctor in the department you will be admitted by phone for advice before visiting the hospital.

Items to check for health before hospitalization:

1. Body temperature is 37.5 degrees Celsius or higher
2. Symptoms such as cough and phlegm
3. Strong lethargy or breathlessness
4. Contact with someone you know who is infected with any of the following diseases: Influenza, gastroenteritis, chicken pox, measles rubella, mumps, new coronavirus

• Please insert your Patient ID Card in the card reader machine located at Support Center for Patient to receive your reservation sheet.
• Please proceed to the staff station of the ward (Wing) where you will be hospitalized. Paperwork will be completed at the staff station. Please submit any required documents.

Discharge

Discharge Procedure:

The discharge date will be determined in consultation with your doctor.

We will hand you the bill, so please pay using the automatic payment machine, which you can find at section No.3 on the first floor of the Center for Outpatient Health.

Items to bring with you

• Warranty for hospitalization expenses*
• Health insurance card (or My Number Card as a health insurance card)
• Patient card
• Privacy policy consent form*
• Requests to patients form*
• Detailed medical examination/treatment report*
• Discharge certificate (if you have a discharge certificate another institution)

*

Included in "Hospitalization hand book (NYUINNO-GOANNAI)".

Please bring the following at hospitalization

• Medicine you take regularly or drug record notebook listing your medicines.
• Daily necessities (toiletries, dressing gown or jacket, underwear, indoor shoes, towels, bath towels, tissue papers, mug, etc.) Daily necessities are available at hospital shops.
• Pajamas (Any kind of pajama is acceptable, if your relevant department doesn't specify one.) If you prefer a rental pajama, ask at the staff station.