Health care
If you come from an EU/EAA country or from Switzerland, you should bring a European Health Insurance Card with you. The card ensures that you will get health care services with the same prices as Finnish citizens. All exchange students must have their own free-time insurance which covers accidents and illnesses outside school time.
If you come from a non-EU/EEA country you need to have a sufficient health insurance coverage. Further information at the Finnish Immigration Service. Seinäjoki UAS recommends the following insurance: Marsh Student Insurance Program (SIP).
HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN SEINÄJOKI
DEGREE STUDENTS
The student health care services in Seinäjoki are organized by The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS). The FSHS health care services are available for the degree students of Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. FSHS = YTHS in Finnish.
As a customer of FSHS you will get expert treatment quickly. It is highly recommended that students use the FSHS services, because such high quality services are hard to find anywhere else with such low cost. Further information on FSHS Services.
FSHS is open during the day on business days. For acute treatment and treatment during evenings, nights and weekends please contact: The Main Health Centre or Seinäjoki Central Hospital. Contact details below.
If for some reason, you will not join the FSHS, you can use the municipal
Main Health Centre in Seinäjoki. Further information: public nurse Ms Leila Lehtola, Tel. +358 6 414 1657.
EXCHANGE STUDENTS
The exchange students arriving in different faculties of Seinäjoki UAS will be separately advised upon arrival about which public health nurse or health centre they should refer to when needed.
First Aid and Emergency Services in Seinäjoki
- General emergency number for ambulance, police and fire brigade Tel. 112
- Police Tel. 10022
- First aid and on-call health care:
- Patients in need of urgent care can be taken to the on-call service at the Main Health Centre, address Huhtalantie 10, 60220 Seinäjoki, Tel. +358 6 425 5311 (between 8–22) and
- the Emergency Policlinic at the Central Hospital, address Hanneksenrinne 7, 60220 Seinäjoki, Tel. +358 6 415 4555 (between 22–8).
- Further information on First Aid and Emergency Services in Seinäjoki
SOS CENTER-UNIT FOR FOREIGNERS
Tel. +358 9 4135 0501 from Mon-Fri 8.00-15.00.
PHARMACY
Finnish pharmacies have an excellent range of medicines and other medical products sold without prescription. Without prescription you can buy e.g. mild painkillers, skin care products, flu medicines and get help with many other minor disorders. However, to get a prescription, you must always make an appointment to see a doctor!
Pharmacies in Seinäjoki.
PRIVATE DOCTOR
There are various private clinics in Seinäjoki and in other towns and municipalities. It costs about 50 euros to consult a private doctor. Check the coverage of your insurance!