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◆Special Health Checkup: This is a health checkup to prevent and detect early lifestyle related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, etc. In Minoh City, residents aged 40 to 74 who are enrolled in the National Health Insurance can receive Specific Health Checkups free of charge. Those who were enrolled in the city’s National Health Insurance as of April 1 were mailed a coupon for the Specific Health Checkup (Specific Health Examination Coupon) in mid-April. If you have not received it, please contact the National Health Insurance Division. The health checkup is conducted at medical institutions within the city. You may have a health checkup once a year. If you are covered by health insurance other than the city’s National Health Insurance, please contact your current health insurance association.
◆Cancer Screening: The residents of Minoh City can receive free checkups for stomach cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. There are over 60 medical institutions in the city where you can receive both Specific Health Checkups and cancer screenings. Please be sure to take both checkups at the same time. For more information, please refer to the Minoh City website or the “Kenshin Guidebook (Health Checkup Guidebook)” that arrived with the April issue of “Momiji Dayori.”
https://www.city.minoh.lg.jp/kenkou/gankenshin.html
◆General Health Checkup (“Ningen Dock”): At the Minoh Medical Health Center, you can receive Specific Health Checkups and all cancer screenings together. Residents who are enrolled in the city’s National Health Insurance may be eligible for subsidies for the cost of health checkups. Please inquire about the details of the subsidy. Health checkups require a reservation. There will be many people applying for health checkups from January to March every year, so it may be difficult to get a reservation. Please make a reservation by phone as early as possible.
◆Basic Health Checkups: This is carried out at the Minoh Medical Health Center. This checkup is for people aged 15 to 39 who live in Minoh City (excluding those who have health checkups at school or work). Women aged 20 and over can also receive cervical cancer screening. The Basic Health Checkups are held once a month. In June, they are held on Fri., June 20 from 9:00 to 10:30, and in July, they are held on Fri., July 4 from 13:00 to 14:30. It is free of charge. For more information, please contact the Minoh Medical Health Center.
For details (Special Health Checkup): National Health Insurance Division (Kokumin
Kenko Hoken-shitsu)
TEL: 072-724-6734 FAX: 072-724-6040
e-mail: kokuho@maple.city.minoh.lg.jp
For details (Cancer Screening): Community Health Division (Chiiki Hoken-shitsu)
TEL: 072-727-9507 FAX: 072-727-3539
e-mail: kenkou@maple.city.minoh.lg.jp
For details (General Health Checkup): Minoh Medical Health Center (Minoh Iryo
Hoken Center)
TEL: 072-727-9555 FAX: 072-727-3532
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