Introduction to the healthcare info blog

Hello and welcome to my blog!

My name is Raindrop and I am a bilingual, certified medical social worker.

I have launched my project to provide medical coordinating service to international population living in Tokyo/Kanto area. With this blog,  I will introduce my project and services. 

First, I would like to tell you a little bit about why I started this project.

I am Japanese and living in Japan all my life, but I find Japanese healthcare systems not easy to understand and utilize.

I have a long-term chronic illness myself, so I went through a lot of experience in using healthcare services in this country. There were many dramas and struggles.

I imagined if I had not spoken Japanese and became sick in Japan, it would be very difficult and unpleasant. I have provided support to many international people so far, and many of them stressed the language and cultural barrier when using healthcare service in Japan.

I want to use my language skill and experience working in healthcare field and become a 'bridge' between international patients and Japanese healthcare professionals/institutions.