Kuvakaruselli puhelinpalvelun hoitaja

Health stations, doctors’ or nurses’ appointments and emergency services

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Non-urgent care at a health station

You can visit any Siun sote health station that has free appointments.

Nurses and doctors at the health stations will examine you and treat your symptoms and illnesses.

Nurses’ appointments include health advice, wound care, suture removal and vaccinations. If necessary, the nurse will refer you to a doctors’ appointment.

The service is subject to a fee.

Making an appointment at a health station

Make an appointment with a doctor or nurse by calling the appointment number of the health station.

A nurse will assess your situation on the phone, consult a doctor if necessary, and refer you to a doctor, nurse, public health nurse or physiotherapist. You can also receive home care instructions.

Remember to cancel your appointment if you cannot attend your scheduled appointment. Booked appointments are cancelled by phone.

Urgent care

Our health stations and the Central Hospital emergency clinic will help you when you fall ill suddenly or have an accident.

We treat patients in order of urgency.

We treat emergency patients 24 hours a day. On weekdays, you should go to the urgent care of a health station; otherwise you should go to the emergency clinic at the North Karelia Central Hospital.

What to do

  • In life-threatening situations, call 112. If you are unable to make a call, send a text message to the Emergency Response Centre in the North Karelia region, tel. +358 40 751 7816.

  • If you need urgent care, call the health station using the service number, or call the Medical Helpline 116 117. You will talk to a nurse who assesses your need for emergency care based on your injury or symptom. The nurse will give you care instructions and tell you what to do.

Arriving at the emergency clinic

The emergency clinic is located at the North Karelia Central Hospital, street level at building J2, Tikkamäentie 16, 80210 Joensuu. People arriving for labour will also check in at the emergency clinic where they will be guided to the delivery room. Follow the signs from Tikkamäentie.

We ask that paediatric patients and other people who require escorting, such as people with memory diseases and disabilities, only have one person escorting them.

The emergency clinic is located at the North Karelia Central Hospital, street level at building J2, Tikkamäentie 16, 80210 Joensuu. Follow the signs from Tikkamäentie.

Contact information

Kontiolahti health station telephone service

At this number, you can make both urgent and non-urgent appointments for a doctor or nurse. The service number also provides advice and assessments of need for care, and you can make enquiries on laboratory and x-ray results and Marevan treatments.


You can leave a call back request (the automatic recording is in Finnish) if the service number is busy. You will receive a call back during the same day. If you do not want to leave a call back request, wait on the line until your call is answered.


For non-urgent matters, please call after 10:00.


In urgent cases, call the Medical Helpline 116 117 if your health station is closed. Your primary place of service is always your own health station, and in emergency situations, you should call the public emergency number 112.

Available languages: Finnish, English.

Emergency care

Contact details

  • Service hours
    • Monday—Friday 8.00—16.00

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My Kanta Pages

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As a citizen, you can browse your own medical records and prescriptions and order repeat prescriptions in the online service
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