If an appropriate specialty section cannot be determined for a patient even having a referral letter (for example, due to ambiguous destination of the referral letter), the referral letter is opened by the person in charge at the reception counter. Then, after listening to the patient and/or performing an examination in General Medicine, we determine the specialty section appropriate for the patient. To reduce the patient's waiting time, it is strongly recommended that you write clearly the destination of the referral letter (the doctor in the specialty section such as Gastroenterology and Hepatology or Cardiovascular Medicine).
In the case of symptoms which you are difficult to classify into the appropriate organ-specific clinical section, or those for which it is difficult to determine the appropriate specialty section, please refer the patients to General Medicine.