(きゅうきゅうびょういん)

きゅうきゅうびょういん
noun
emergency hospital
1. emergency hospital; ER-equipped hospital
A hospital designated to accept emergency patients around the clock. In Japan, hospitals are officially classified into tiers (一次(いちじ)二次(にじ)三次(さんじ)) based on the severity of cases they handle.
救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん)(はこ)ばれた。
I was taken to an emergency hospital.
(ちか)くの救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん)調(しら)べておく。
I'll look up nearby emergency hospitals in advance.
夜中(よなか)(ねつ)()たので、救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん)電話(でんわ)して相談(そうだん)した。
I developed a fever in the middle of the night, so I called the emergency hospital for advice.

Compound of 救急(きゅうきゅう) (emergency) + 病院(びょういん) (hospital). Refers to hospitals that take walk-in or ambulance-brought emergency cases at any hour.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん)(はこ)ぶ: to take (someone) to an emergency hospital
  • 救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん)受診(じゅしん)する: to be seen at an emergency hospital
  • 救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん)当番(とうばん): emergency hospital on-call rotation

RELATED TERMS:

  • 救急外来(きゅうきゅうがいらい): emergency outpatient department (the ER itself within a hospital)
  • 救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ): ambulance
  • 一次(いちじ)救急(きゅうきゅう) / 二次(にじ)救急(きゅうきゅう) / 三次(さんじ)救急(きゅうきゅう): primary / secondary / tertiary emergency care (Japan's tiered system)