Opening of the Abbreviated Dial “Emergency Counselling Hotline for Adults”

Sendai City will open the abbreviated dial “Emergency Counselling Hotline for Adults” on Monday, October 1, 2017. You can call the hotline and get advice when you feel ill or have an injury and are not sure if you should call an ambulance or just visit a medical institution. Staff members, including nurses, can give you advice according to your symptoms and tell you how to treat them. They can also provide information about hospitals that you can visit on holidays or after-hours. Please note that if it is an emergency situation, please do not hesitate to make a 119 emergency call.

• Phone number
  Abbreviated Dial: Touch-tone line (home phone or cell phone) #7119
  Non Abbreviated Dial: Dial-up line (home phone or PHS) 022-706-7119 *available in Japanese only
• Hours
  Weekdays: 19:00-8:00 next morning
  Saturdays: 14:00–8:00 next morning
  Sundays and Holidays: 8:00-8:00 next morning

Basic Fee for Water and Sewage Service Can be Calculated on a Per Diem Basis

When you start using the water and sewage service or stop using the service due to moving or other reasons, a basic fee was charged monthly regardless of the number of days used. However, starting from October 1, 2017, we will calculate the basic fee for water and sewage service on a per diem basis.

• When you start using the service (this calculation applies from October 1)
  The basic fee is calculated based on the number of days used from the day you start use of the service to the primary meter-reading day.
• When you stop using the service (this calculation applies on the following day of the primary meter-reading day after October 1) 
  The basic fee is calculated based on the number of days used until the day you stop use of the service.
• Meter-reading day
  Meter-reading day varies depending on areas, so please check your meter-reading day on the “Notice of Your Water Consumption” distributed to your home after every meter-reading.
  Inquiries: Fee Section, Waterworks Bureau Tel: 022-304-0017
  Operation Section, Construction Bureau Tel: 022-214-8337

New National Health Insurance Cards

Sendai City will send out new national health insurance cards from beginning of September until the end of September by registered mail. If your card is delivered to you when you are not home, the post office will hold your mail. If you do not have it redelivered or collect it from the post office by the set date, please contact the National Health Insurance and Pension Section of your local ward office or the Miyagi General Branch Office, or the Health and Welfare Section of Akiu General Branch Office.

Inquiries:
National Health Insurance and Pension Section, Ward Offices
National Health Insurance and Pension Section, Miyagi General Branch Office
Public Health and Welfare Section, Akiu General Branch Office

Have you Applied for Citizens’ Health Checkups?

Applications are required to receive Sendai City’s various cancer screenings and basic health checkups. Applications for some of the checkups must arrive by September 29th. Application guides are now available at your local ward office, general branch office, and shimin centers. Online applications are now available on our official website, so please use it as well.

Inquiries:
Home Health Section of ward offices
Public Health and Welfare Section of general branch offices

The Deadline to Apply for Municipal Housing is September 16th

• The Application Guide for Sendai City Municipal Housing will be available from September 6th at the following locations:
  Application Section of Sendai City Construction Corporation, Sendai City Hall Kokubuncho Office 2F
  Shimin-no-heya, 1st Floor of Sendai City Hall
  Information desks of ward offices
  General branch offices
  Family Registration Section, Aoba Ward Office Sendai Station Service Center (5th Floor of AER)
  Certificate Issuance Center
  Chuo Shimin Center of each ward
  Lifelong Learning Promotion Center
  Miyagi Housing Construction Center
  Municipal Housing Management Office
• How to apply: Choose one municipal housing unit, fill out the application form attached to the application packet and send it in the provided envelope by post by September 16th.
• Earliest move-in date: January 22, 2018 (tentative)
• For further information including number of available units, rent and eligibility, please see the application guide or contact us.

Inquiries: Application Section of Sendai City Construction Corporation Tel. 022-214-3604

BCG Vaccinations

• Eligibility: BCG vaccinations are given to children under the age of one
  (the standard age for BCG vaccinations is five to seven months old).
• Things to bring: Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Handbook, BCG vaccination coupon from the MCH Handbook voucher packet (please fill out and detach)
• Please wait at least 28 days after your child receives a live vaccine (such as polio) or seven days after your child receives an inactive vaccine (such as DPT-IPV) for BCG vaccinations.
• BCG vaccinations:
  Miyagi Health Center: October 3rd (Tues.) 9:30-10:00
  Health Examination Room, East Building of Izumi Ward Office 2F: September 13th (Wed.) 14:00-15:00
  September 27th (Wed.) 14:00-15:00
  Miyagino Ward Office 6F: September 20th (Wed.) 14:00-15:00
  Wakabayashi Ward Office 3F: September 21st (Thur.) 9:30-10:30
  Taihaku Ward Office 3F: September 25th (Mon.) 14:00-15:00
• Please go directly to the vaccination site. (No appointment is necessary)
• BCG vaccinations may be received outside your ward of residence.
  For details, please contact:
  Home Health Section of ward offices
  Public Health and Welfare Section of general branch offices