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Hea l t h Ca r e
In Turku/Åbo, FSHS is located on Kyrkogatan 13,
phone: +358 (0) 46 710 1050
I n Vaa s a /Va s a , FSHS i s l oca t ed on
Hovrättsesplanaden 15 C, phone: +358 (0)46 710
1097
FSHS is open from Monday to Thursday 8 - 15,
on Friday 8 - 14, and closed on weekends and
national holidays. To make an appointment call:
+358 (0)46 710 1050 (Turku/Åbo) or +358 (0)46
710 1097 (Vaasa/Vasa). In acute cases please call
in the morning, between 8 and 9 am. When FSHS
is closed you can call the emergency service in
order to ask advice concerning your need for
treatment, phone +358 (0)2 313 8800 or +358 (0)6
323 1311 (Vaasa/Vasa). More information can be
found on the YTHS/FSHS webpage.
FSHS online cancelling service is available at
. This service
allows you to check all your appointment times
and to cancel general health and oral health
appointments if necessary. Use your online
banking ID or mobile ID to log on to the system.
The penalty fee for no-show appointments (25?)
will be charged for any appointments, group
sessions and examinations that you do not cancel
and do not arrive for, even if the appointment
would have been free of charge. You can cancel
your appointment by 12.00 noon on the business
day before the appointment without having to
pay the penalty fee.
5.4 Hospitals
I n Turku/Åbo there are three publ i c
hospitals: The Turku University Hospital
(
Åbo un i ve r s i t e t s cen t ra l s j ukhus
ÅUCS
/
Turun yliopistollinen keskussairaala
TYKS),
Turku City Hospital (
Åbo stadssjukhus/Turun
kaupunginsairaala
), and Turunmaa Hospital
(Åbolands sjukhus/Turunmaan sairaala)
. Some
private clinics also provide hospital treatment.
T-Hospital (
T-sjukhuset/T-sairaala
) is the Turku
region's accident and emergency (A&E) centre,
providing 24/7 specialised medical care
and treatment to those who have suddenly
fallen ill or sustained an injury. It's located at
Keramiksfabriksgatan 1. You can also call the
advice centre, +358 (0)2 313 8800.
Vaasa Central Hospital (
Vasa centralsjukhus/
Vaasan keskussairaala
), address: Sandviksgatan
2-4, phone +358 (0)6 323 1311, is the
district hospital for the municipalities of the
Ostrobothnian coastal district. The accident and
emergency clinic treats patients who have been
given an urgent referral from a health clinic
or a doctor's office. Patients with serious and
life-threatening injuries are attended around
the clock without referral. Webpage:
.
If treatment of an illness or continued
examinations requires it, the doctor at the
health care centre, occupational health care
centre or the private doctor can draft a referral
for hospital care or hospital examinations. Thus
patients generally come to the hospital district's
hospitals with a referral from a doctor. In case of
acute, severe cases one can come to the on-duty
emergency wards and the hospitals' wards for first
aid even without a referral.
Specialized medical treatment fees depend on
the unit. The fees are either outpatient clinic
fees, bed day fees or appointment fees. More
information on payment policies is available at
(City of Åbo), or for TYKS at
(Turku University Hospital)
and
/
(City of Vasa) or
(Vasa Central Hospital).
A payment corresponding with the cost of
producing the service is collected from other
than Finnish permanent residents, including
persons younger than 18 years of age, unless
an international contract to which Finland is
bound to states otherwise. Residents of EU/EEA
countries have to present the European Health
Insurance Card. It is sufficient for residents of
the Nordic countries to present a passport or
identification card. Persons from other countries
than those of the EU or which are parties in
the above mentioned contracts have to pay
fees corresponding with the real costs both for
immediate and non-immediate care.
