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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、二次、三次) based on the severity of cases they handle.
救急病院に運ばれた。
I was taken to an emergency hospital.
近くの救急病院を調べておく。
I'll look up nearby emergency hospitals in advance.
夜中に熱が出たので、救急病院に電話して相談した。
I developed a fever in the middle of the night, so I called the emergency hospital for advice.
Compound of 救急 (emergency) + 病院 (hospital). Refers to hospitals that take walk-in or ambulance-brought emergency cases at any hour.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 救急病院に運ぶ: to take (someone) to an emergency hospital
- 救急病院を受診する: to be seen at an emergency hospital
- 救急病院当番: emergency hospital on-call rotation
RELATED TERMS:
- 救急外来: emergency outpatient department (the ER itself within a hospital)
- 救急車: ambulance
- 一次救急 / 二次救急 / 三次救急: primary / secondary / tertiary emergency care (Japan's tiered system)