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Emergency Department, Women's Hospital

In the Emergency Department of the Women's Hospital, we treat women who are pregnant, have just given birth or have a gynecological problem and are in need of urgent care.

We treat, for example, acute and profuse cases of gynecological bleeding and pain, infections of the reproductive organs and acute problems related to pregnancy. If you are a gynecological patient, as a rule, you need a physician’s referral to access treatment.

In the Emergency Department, we only handle urgent matters that cannot wait. Please call the telephone number for the assessment of the need for treatment prior to your arrival. If you’re calling about an appointment, please contact the outpatient clinic responsible for your care during office hours. If you are coming in to give birth, please call the childbirth helpline, tel. 09 471 71500.

Fetal movement count is too low
Your water breaks or you suspect it
Moderate or heavy bloody discharge after 12 weeks of pregnancy
Increased blood pressure during pregnancy (repeatedly over 150/100) and symptoms of pre-eclampsia
Sudden, intense abdominal pain during pregnancy
Premature (regular and painful) contractions
Falling on your stomach or a blow or an injury to your stomach after 22 weeks of pregnancy
Symptoms of an infection after childbirth or surgery
Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding after childbirth or surgery
Other acute complication after childbirth or surgery (such as urinary retention)
Infection or reopening of a surgical wound
Ongoing miscarriage with heavy bleeding or intense pain

Minor bleeding or pain in early pregnancy
Miscarriage in early pregnancy if you can cope with the bleeding and pain
Increased blood pressure during pregnancy (under 150/100) without any other symptoms
Practise contractions with no other symptoms
Skin symptoms and itching during pregnancy
Other symptoms that are not related pregnancy (such as a cold)
Urinary tract infections
Symptoms of a vaginal infection
Suspected venous thrombosis
Symptoms of mastitis
Lower abdominal pain that eases with over-the-counter pain medication

If you have the above-mentioned symptoms, please contact your health center, maternity clinic, or emergency helpline, tel. 116117.

We always assess the need and urgency of treatment

At the emergency department, we always assess the need and urgency of treatment first. If you need urgent treatment, you will see a midwife or a doctor. If your situation does not meet the criteria for urgent treatment, we will instruct you to contact your local health center or neuvola/maternity clinic.

At the emergency department, patients are treated in the order of urgency, not in the order of arrival. Because of this, a patient who has arrived after you may be admitted for treatment before you. The waiting times at the emergency department depend on the number of patients at the emergency department, as well as the number of patients elsewhere in the hospital. This is why waiting times may be long.

Please follow the instructions you received over the phone on arrival time. We aim to stagger the arrival of patients to avoid unnecessary waiting.