Press release - Published on 18.6.2024, 08:51 # HUS Emergency Departments open during Midsummer Keywords: - [Emergency Medicine and Services](< /en/search?q=Emergency Medicine and Services >) - [New Children’s Hospital](< /en/search?q=New Children’s Hospital >) Midsummer can affect urgent care, but help is available.  Patients in need of urgent care are primarily treated at a health center’s emergency services. If your local health center is closed for Midsummer and your issue cannot wait until it is open again, please call the Medical Helpline at the number 116117. Calls are taken by a nurse who gives you recommendations on how to proceed based on your treatment needs. If there is reason to go to an emergency department, the Medical Helpline will advise you where to go. If the urgent health issue can be solved with self-treatment, we will instruct you over the phone. ## **In an emergency, you can go directly to the Emergency Department** The most common symptoms that you should always have looked at in an emergency clinic: - chest pain - stroke symptoms, such as sudden flaccidity or incapacity of a limb or speech difficulties - mental health problems requiring urgent treatment - profuse bleeding (e.g., vomiting blood, large bleeding wound) - major injuries and fractured bones - sudden severe headache - difficulty breathing - sudden onset of severe or worsening abdominal pain - fever in a newborn - convulsive child In life-threatening situations, such as chest pain, shortness of breath, unconsciousness, stroke symptoms, acute seizure, call the general emergency number 112. Share the news - [ Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.hus.fi/en/newsroom/hus-emergency-departments-open-during-midsummer) - [ Share on Linkedin (opens in a new window) ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.hus.fi/en/newsroom/hus-emergency-departments-open-during-midsummer) Print this page