I went to the hospital the other day because I couldn't hear out of my right ear. I had planned on going after school but my teachers insisted that I go early. I said ok I guess, and at the hospital I figured out that you can only sign in from the hours of 8 to 11. The hospital closes in the evening.
Have you heard of this? Holy hell, I feel like being super careful in the evening now. I have no idea what people do if they break a bone at 6 pm. Do they just wait until the morning? Plus they close on the weekends. They told me to come back after my medicine ran out, which would have been Saturday. I told this to my vice principal and he said that I'd have to go Monday since they wouldn't be open. It's funny but scary. Sure hope I don't break my bone at like 8 pm on Friday. Goodness.
After 2.5 hours of waiting in line, I got to see the doctor. She cleaned my ear out and gave me something to get medicine. The whole ordeal, doctor visit plus medicine, cost me around $35ish. That's cheaper than some people's copay in the states I think. My vice principal noted how expensive it is in Japan, but I told him that my doctor visit alone in the states was twice what I paid overall for that.
医者【いしゃ】 (isha) doctor; physician
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