2019 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 387-390
Over 24-million tourists visit Japan every year and 30% of them are uninsured. Here we report a case, 25-year-old male foreigner and came to our department for dyspnea. He was hospitalized and diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Because he didn't want expensive treatment, we did minimum treatments to help his breathing. After discharge, the full amount for his medical bills was paid, successfully. To the tourists who are uninsured, we believe that it is important to work as a team to come up with an inclusive approach where we choose the required treatments while taking the medical expenses into account.
