Emergency Outpatient Clinic for Eye Diseases, Eye and Ear Hospital

Opening hours

Visiting address

Eye and Ear Hospital, 1st floor

Haarmaninkatu 4 C

Helsinki

Postal address

P.O. Box 220

00029 HUS

Mo–Su 7:00–22:00

During the night (10 p.m.–7 a.m.), we only treat patients requiring acute care on the basis of an advance phone call.

Contact information

Call the Medical Helpline before seeking medical attention from the Emergency Outpatient Clinic for Eye Diseases.

116 117

Open 24 hours a day.

Contact center for eye diseases (only for patients already treated at HUS Eye Diseases)

09 471 73400

Fax

09 471 76686

At the emergency clinic, we examine and treat patients of all ages who require specialist medical care. Treatment at the clinic requires a physician’s referral for emergency treatment.

Only patients with a serious eye injury or an eye disorder or disease requiring emergency care can be admitted for treatment without a referral.

We are open every day of the year. During nighttime, from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., we only treat patients requiring acute care, on the basis of an advance consultation.

Once you arrive at the emergency clinic, our healthcare professionals will make an assessment of the need and urgency of your treatment. We treat patients in order of urgency, not in order of their arrival. Therefore, a patient who has arrived after you, may receive treatment before you.

On weekdays from Monday to Friday, it is recommend that you arrive at the emergency clinic between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. After 3:00 p.m., our emergency services operate with reduced staff.
Please arrive at the emergency clinic by public transport or have someone drive you over in a car. After the examinations and treatment procedures, it is very likely that you cannot drive yourself. Eye examinations may require the administering of dilating eye drops that blur your vision.
If you wear contact lenses, please also bring your glasses.
Take an updated list of all your medication as well as your regular medication with you. Waiting times can sometimes be long.
At the emergency department, we do not renew any prescriptions. For prescription renewals, please contact your treatment unit during office hours.
Waiting times can sometimes be long, so it may be good to bring along a water bottle and a snack, for example. There are a few cafés and shops in the area, but they are not always open.

If you have eye or vision symptoms, seek medical attention primarily in the area where you live, at a health center, health center emergency department, or, if you prefer, a private physician. If necessary, the examining physician will refer you to further treatment in accordance with the instructions of the HUS on-call ophthalmologist.
Please call the toll-free Medical Helpline number 116 117 first before seeking medical attention at an emergency clinic in the Uusimaa region.

You can get treatment for most eye problems at the local health center

Patient Guide

The Patient Guide page provides answers to the most frequently asked questions before, during and after your treatment.

Eye Disease Hub (Silmäsairauksien talo) (opens in new window, links to another website)

terveyskylä.fi

You can find more information on eye diseases in the Eye Disease Hub in the Health Village online service (the Terveyskylä online service is currently not available in English). Terveyskylä is an online service for specialist medical care.

Hospitals

Eye and Ear Hospital

The Eye and Ear Hospital is part of HUS Helsinki University Central Hospital. The hospital is located in the Meilahti hospital area. In the hospital, we examine and treat patients with ophthalmic diseases.

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