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Services in Jyväskylä Healt Care Centres - available also for students Noora Sahisalmi, registered nurse 31. 12. 2021

Jyväskylä Health Care Centres - locations 9 Health Care Centres in Jyväskylä 1 Central hospital

What to do, when I get sick? Healthcare services are provided as a local service. When you need help in the daytime on a weekday, you go to the health centre of your residential area. There are 9 health centres in Jyväskylä: Huhtasuo, Keskusta, Korpilahti, Kuokkala, Kyllö, Palokka, Säynätsalo, Tikkakoski, and Vaajakoski. At the daytime: • Call your local health care centre, according to your home address At nights (16 - 08) and during weekends: • Call 116 117, explain your situation and you will have care instructions or instructions where to go In case of emergency: • Call 112

How to know where to contact? Website: www. jyvaskyla. fi/en Healthcare services Your health centre Find health centre, doctor or nurse of your residential area according to your address in Jyväskylä 31. 12. 2021 4

Central Hospital, Address: Keskussairaalantie 20 19. 1. 2021 new name Nova, Adress: Hoitajantie 3

Central area (Keskusta) health centre 1. 2. 2021 Nova! Address: Tapionkatu 7, 40100. Tel. (014) 266 0120, Open on Mon-Thu 8 -16, Fri 9 -16

Kuokkala health centre 1. 2. 2021 Nova! Address: Syöttäjänkatu 10, 40520 Jyväskylä. Tel. (014) 266 0122, Open on Mon-Thu 8 -16, Fri 9 -16

Huhtasuo health centre Address: Nevakatu 1, 40340 Jyväskylä. Tel. (014) 266 0121, Open on Mon-Thu 8 -16, Fri 9 -16

Kyllö health centre Address: Keskussairaalantie 20, 40700 Jyväskylä. Tel. (014) 266 2011, Open on Mon-Fri 8 -16

Palokka health centre Address: Ritopohjantie 25, 40270 Palokka. Tel. (014) 336 6000, Open on Mon-Fri 8 -16

Sampoharju health centre, Vaajakoski Address: Vesmannintie 7, 40800 Vaajakoski. Tel. (014) 336 6190, Open on Mon-Thu 8 -16, Fri 9 -16

Säynätsalo health centre Address: Parviaisentie 7, 40900 Jyväskylä. Tel. (014) 266 2068. Open on Mon-Thu 8 -16, Fri 9 -16

Korpilahti health centre Address: Korpilahdentie 11, 41800 Korpilahti. Tel. (014) 266 2716, Open on Mon-Thu 9 -15. 30, Fri 10 -15

Tikkakoski health centre Address: Kirkkokatu 3, 41160 Tikkakoski. Tel. (014) 336 6200, Open on Mon-Thu 8 -16, Fri 9 -15

When you call your local health care centre… The assessment of the need for care is made by registered nurses, who will give you care instructions or make an appointment with a professional. Aside from doctors and nurses, the care team includes a psychologist, nurses specialised in diabetes, depression and substance use, physiotherapists and a social worker (= multi professional care). So you don`t always see the doctor, if some other professional can help you as well.

Independent nurse’s practice The assessment of the need for care and also care instructions • infectious diseases (for example flu, diarrhea), also certifications if needed • woundcare • medicin injections, vaccinations • control check-ups of the chronically ill Some of our nurses can order prescriptions. Nurse can always consult the doctor, during your appointment, or ask the doctor to come and examine you.

Digital help, especially KORONAVIRUS • www. omaolo. fi select language english • If you have any symptoms that may be the symptoms of koronavirus, fill in the coronavirus check-up o o 31. 12. 2021 you can also make an appointment if test is needed negative result: text message will be sent to you in your phone positive test result: you will have a call you must be at home while you are waiting the result, so no school, no shopping, no pharmacy - someone else must do these things on your behalf 17

Rehabilitation and physiotherapy • If you have acute back or neck problems, call your local health care centre. You can have an appointment with physiotherapist in few days. • If you have non-urgent problems in your musculoskeletal system you should call Centralized service of physiotherapy, tel 014 266 2337 Open on Mon - Fri 8 -10 and Mon – Thu also 14 – 15 31. 12. 2021 18

Dental Care Several clinics around the city. At the daytime • Emergency treatment in cases of pain and accidents, tel. 014 266 0126, Open on Mon-Fri 8 -16 • Same telephone number on non-urgent cases, please call after 12. 00 At nights (16 - 08) and during weekends: • Call 116 117, explain your situation and you will have care instructions or instructions where to go 31. 12. 2021 19

Maternity clinic and child health clinic • Pregnant women go regularly to inspections by a nurse and a physician. • The child health clinic takes care of the health of newborns and children until they go to school. • Services are provided as a local service, several clinics around the city, located mostly in the same building as the local health care centre. • At school age a child can use either a designated public health nurse at school or the local health care centre services. • Children’s healthcare also includes free of charge dental care. 31. 12. 2021 20

Family planning clinic • Family planning clinics provide services related to sexual health matters. The services include contraceptive advice, pregnancy planning, infertility treatment, and abortions. • Centralized service in Central area (Keskusta) health centre, 2 nd floor Address: Tapionkatu 7, 40100 Jyväskylä. Tel. (014) 266 2229, Open on Mon-Fri 8. 30 – 10 and Mon – Thu also 13 - 14 31. 12. 2021 21

Customer fees Some appointments will cost you, amount varies. For example a doctor`s appointment is 20, 60 e. , nurse`s appointment 10 e. and a physiotherapist`s appointment 11, 40 e. You don`t need cash, the invoice will be sent to your home address. As a foreign student you have health insurance, required by the studyrelated residence permit. If you are from EU / ETA – country, Switzerland, Quebec Canada or Great Britain, you will have the same customer fee as regular citizens. You need to confirm your backgroud with some official documents as passport, European health insurance card etc. If you are coming from a county/area outside those mentioned above, you will have to pay real costs fee. In this case you might want to use private health clinics, because it might be cheaper for you. 31. 12. 2021 22

Take care of yourself!