Health Examinations and Cancer Screening
Public health centers in Gifu City provide health consultations, health examinations, and cancer screenings, and you can use these to consult about lifestyle diseases and also detect diseases early.
You can also consult about preventing infections, dental health, etc.
Specified Health Checkup
This type of checkup is meant to detect lifestyle diseases that arise from metabolic syndrome (visceral fat syndrome), such as diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. and prevent the severe symptoms that can result from them.
Contact
National Health Insurance and Pension Plan Division (Gifu City Hall, 2F／Tel. 058-214-2651)
Those eligible
Those aged 40-74 that are enrolled in National Health Insurance as of the day of their checkup
Eligible period
From the day that you receive your examination form (特定健康診査受診券) until the end of October.
Location
Participating medical institutions within Gifu City
How to receive the checkup
Bring the examination form that will be sent around mid-June as well as your health insurance card (or certificate of enrollment if you do not have a card).
Fees
¥800
For those enrolled in the National Health Insurance program through a different municipality or different kind of health insurance
People enrolled in health insurance through their company and their dependents can receive this checkup through their company's health insurance provider. Please ask them for further details, such as when they administer it, etc.
Cancer Screenings
Contact
Public Health and Disease Prevention Division, Gifu City Public Health Center
(2-19 Miyako-dori, Gifu City ／ Tel. 058-252-7193)
Lung cancer and Tuberculosis exam (chest X-ray)
- Those eligible Those aged 40 or older
- Fees Free
Lung cancer exam (sputum cytology)
- Those eligible Those aged 50 or older*
- Fees ¥500
*For those getting a chest X-ray that have smoked over 600 cigarettes (average daily amount x years that have smoked) and have coughed up phlegm the past three days
Stomach cancer exam
- Those eligible Those aged 50 or older
- Fees
- Gastro X-ray ¥1,500
- Gastrofiberscope Exam ¥4,000
Colorectal cancer exam
- Those eligible Those aged 40 or older
- Fees ¥400
Breast cancer exam
- Those eligible Women aged 40 or older
- Fees ¥1,500
Uterine cancer exam
- Those eligible Women aged 20 or older
- Fees
- Cervix ¥2,000
- Cervix + uterine corpus ¥3,000
You can confirm days and venues exams are performed by checking here.
Each exam requires a prior appointment to be made.
Gifu Sukoyaka Health Exam
Those enrolled in health insurance for older senior citizens should take a Gifu Sukoyaka Health Exam.
Contact
Medical Welfare Division (Gifu City Hall, 1F／Tel. 058-214-2128)
Eligible period
September - the end of November
Location
Participating medical institutions within Gifu City
How to take the exam
Bring the exam form sent to you towards the end of August and your health insurance card with you
Fees
¥500
