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Lapland wellbeing services county

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Lapland wellbeing services county

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Lapland wellbeing services county

In an emergency, call 112
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When to contact?

Contact us when

You are considering going to the emergency clinic

Call 116117 before you go to the emergency clinic. During the opening hours of your health station, your primary place of treatment is your own health station.

You need care instructions or advice

We will provide you with treatment instructions and advice for urgent health problems when your health station is closed.

Do not contact us when

Your matter is non-urgent

In non-urgent matters, you can get help from your health station or the outpatient clinic treating you. Non-urgent matters include matters such as health problems requiring non-urgent treatment, non-urgent inquiries about laboratory responses, renewals of prescriptions and prolonged health problems that have not worsened.

You have an enquiry concerning a family member

You can enquire about patients directly from the care unit

You cannot contact another local health care provider

If your situation does not require urgent treatment or assessment, please wait for the call back or the local provider to open

Your matter concerns a sick leave certificate

The Medical Helpline will not comment on sick leave certificates, and no sick leave certificates will be issued through the service.

You have already been directed to go to the emergency clinic by a healthcare professional

If you have already been referred to the emergency clinic by another health care professional or you have an emergency referral, you can go directly to the emergency clinic.

How to contact?

Call 116117

Medical Helpline 116117 helps with urgent health problems that are not emergency situations

Text service

The Medical Helpline text service is only intended for people with hearing or speech impairments. The text service opens at the bottom of the page. The text service for the whole of Finland is provided by the HUS Group. Watch a sign language video on how to use the text service (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9gNYV71SpQ)

Call 112 in case of emergency

In life-threatening emergencies, such as severe chest pain, breathing difficulties, unconsciousness, paralysis symptoms or sudden convulsions: call 112.

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