She had gotten a small blister on her hand the next day, and it had broken last Saturday evening.
But clinics are usually closed on Saturday evenings and Sunday and I had to work last Monday and yesterday, I finally took her to see a doctor yesterday evening.
The doctor prescribed ointments to her.
While waiting, my 7-year-old son was drawing a picture of dinosaur on a piece of paper.
A nurse who looked at his picture praised him:
"Wow! You are a good painter!"
He was so glad to hear that, and he kept drawing it enthusiastically.
If there is a pen and a piece of paper, he can wait for a long time.
There are several public medical insurance systems in Japan and we have to take out one of them.
In our family's case, since my husband is an employee, we take out the Employee's Health Insurance.
Employers are legally obligated to enroll employees in the Employee’s Health Insurance program and Employee’s Welfare Pension Insurance program.
Those who are self-employed, and so on, take out the National Health Insurance.
The public health insurance covers 70% of medical and dental costs for us and our family members.
So we only pay 30% medical costs at hospitals and clinics.
But our city provides a health care subsidy for children, so the city covers 30% of medical costs until they graduate from junior high school.
It is a great help for families which have children.
Thanks to this system, I only had to pay 50 yen for the cost of the container of the ointment.
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