Urgent Medical Care and Emergency Services

Emergency services are provided by team doctors during office hours: Appointment search (results in Finnish).

Emergency services outside the office hours are provided by Kuopio municipal evening and weekend emergency service (Puijonlaaksontie 2). The opening hours are

• Mon-Thu at 4–10 pm
• Fri at 3–10 pm
• weekends and public holidays at 8 am–10 pm.

The evening and weekend emergency services are intended for patients with, for example, acute infections requiring urgent treatment, minor wounds, minor musculoskeletal disorders (sprain or wrench) or minor mental health disorders.

Treatment in the specialist medical emergency service is provided mainly for patients with a referral, patients brought by an emergency response unit or for patients requiring urgent medical attention.
Information about appointments and emergency services of oral health care is available at appointments for oral and dental health care.

Regional Health Care Service Telephone Line

The emergency Puijo Hospital (Kuopio University Hospital) operates a 24-hour regional health care service telephone line at 116 117 outside the office hours. The service is free of charge. The number must always be contacted before coming to the emergency services of Puijo Hospital or to the evening and weekend emergency services provided in the Kuopio municipal health centre.
In case of emergency always call 112.

Non-urgent medical care

Every resident of Kuopio has a medical care team determined automatically on the basis of the resident’s home address. When you call the phone number of your team, you will be given instructions for treatment or an appointment with a nurse or a doctor.

Team nurses also provide medical care independently. Many regular medical follow-up visits can be treated by the nurses. In addition, nurses treat wounds and remove stiches, write sick leave and medical care leave certificates and prepare renewals of prescriptions. 

Appointment Search 

Write your address to the search box. Enter only the street address and number, not the stairs number or postal code and the post office, because if you do, the search will not be successful. The team nurses' telephone hours are on weekdays from 8 -10 am. For urgent medical care, 10 am - 15 pm, contact the City of Kuopio switchboard 017 182 111.
The calls and the waiting time on the phone are charged at the operator’s standard rate specified in your subscriber connector agreement.