Japanese IV Clinic

Posted by on May 30, 2008

First of all oxygen bars, then ice bars! Now we have IV clinics offering intravenous drips to stressed and exhausted workers.

A Tokyo clinic treats up to 50 run down businessmen a day. The intravenous drip costs as little as 2000 yen ($20). The cheapest option, a 10-minute drip contains saline solution and vitamins B6, B12 and C.

Jun Kodama, a rundown 37-year-old banker who visited the Tenteki10 clinic recently to treat a hangover with a 10-minute Green Pack, admitted that “it’s probably not sensible or healthy to rely on this sort of treatment too much”. Added Mr Kodama: “I think occasionally it’s OK if I really need to be working efficiently in my job.”

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