AFRODE CLINIC has entered into a partnership with Dialysis Travel Japan, a travel support service for international dialysis patients visiting Japan, and will serve as its medical supervisor and advisor.
About Dialysis Travel Japan
Dialysis Travel Japan helps international travellers who receive dialysis find and book a dialysis facility near where they are staying. Travellers enter their hotel, station or area, and the service lists facilities that accept international patients. A concierge then contacts the facility, confirms the booking, prepares the required documents, provides interpretation, and coordinates payment.
Coverage: 22 areas across Japan, including Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Sapporo, Nagoya, Kobe, Okinawa, Saitama and Chiba
Languages: English and French
AFRODE CLINIC’s Role
Under this partnership, AFRODE CLINIC participates as a medical supervisor and advisor. Our role covers:
- Reviewing the medical accuracy of the information provided to users about dialysis and travel
- Advising on the design of the information shared with receiving facilities in advance (body weight, treatment modality, infection status, preferred schedule, and so on)
- Advising on how medical information is handled and verified when coordinating with receiving facilities
AFRODE CLINIC specialises in preventive and aesthetic medicine and does not provide dialysis treatment. This partnership is about supporting the design of the service and the accuracy of its information from a medical standpoint.
A Message from Dr. Shotaro Michishita
People receiving dialysis often tell us that they would like to visit Japan for travel or work, but feel it is out of reach because of their treatment schedule. In reality, a considerable number of facilities in Japan do accept patients from overseas. The difficulty is usually not the medicine itself, but knowing that those facilities exist and getting through the language and paperwork to reach them.
Through my work in preventive medicine, I have come to believe that medicine should widen what a person is able to do, not narrow it. Needing treatment should not mean giving up on the places you want to go or the people you want to see. There is still a great deal that clinicians can contribute in that space.
In this service, our role is to support the accuracy of the information provided and the safe handover of medical details to receiving facilities, from a medical standpoint.
