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Street address
Children's Hospital
Stenbäckinkatu 11, Helsinki
Postal address
P.O. Box 281, FIN-00029 HUS
Contact information
Telephone Health Service 09 87 10023. Calls may be forwarded to the Children’s Hospital’s emergency clinic if necessary.
In emergencies (severe shortness of breath, profuse bleeding from a large cut, or a seizure), call the emergency number 112. Paramedics will assess the care need and take the patient to the appropriate care facility.
Fax: 09 471 74700
Opening hours: 24 hours/day
The Emergency Clinic of the Children’s Hospital treats patients aged 0-15 across all medical subspecialties. As a rule, patients come in with a referral. Some of the patients are critically ill; others need testing, monitoring, or other medical assessment.
The Children’s Hospital also offers the City of Helsinki’s pediatric health centre emergency service on weekdays from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and at weekends from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Physicians providing the emergency service work for the City of Helsinki. The service is available to children and adolescents aged 0-15 from Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen.
The Emergency Clinic also admits accident patients for treatment and scheduled follow-up.
More information:
Emergency care for children and adolescents