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Old 19th April 2008, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by laowai View Post
Thanks for your advice, but I already went to St. Lukes Hospitals in Tokyo and the doc there could speak some English. Thanks very much anyway
Glad to know you received the help you needed. Anyone reading this: there is no need to struggle with medical staff who speak "some English". Mistakes can easily be made that way. Go to Tokyo Medical and Surgical Clinic (opposite Tokyo Tower) and all doctors there are foreign-trained and speak native-level English, Japanese and several other languages. They have English-speaking specialists who come to the Clinic on a regular basis, or they will put you in touch with whomever you need. Communication in medicine is imperative.
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