As of 1.1.2023, the wellbeing services county of Kanta-Häme, i.e. Oma Häme, is responsible for health and social services in Hämeenlinna. You can read more about the health and social services reform: 

• in plain Finnish: Sote-uudistus yrittää ratkaista monta ongelmaa (Health and social services reform tries to solve many problems)
• Oma Häme website in Finnish: Kanta-Hämeen hyvinvointialue aloitti 1.1.2023 – mikä muuttui? (The wellbeing services county of Kanta-Häme started on 1.1.2023 – what changed?)

For multilingual information on health services in Finland, see Info Finland.

Hämeenlinna

Information about health services in the Hämeenlinna area (Kanta-Häme) can be found on page OmaHäme.fi.

• • Health services online
  • Services for the elderly
  • Health and social services promoting integration
  • Services for children, young people and families
  • Child protection
  • Services for immigrants
  • Mental health and substance abuse services
  • Hospital services and emergency departments
  • Social services for adults
  • Oral health care
  • Services for people with disabilities
  • Healthcare services |  Urgent appointment with a nurse or a doctor| Non-urgent appointment with a nurse or doctor

 

Counselling

Oma Häme Multilingual Service Counselling

Information in Finnish, English and Ukrainian about  OmaHäme health services

Information in English – Oma Häme

More information in different languages:

Pharmacies

Association of Finnish Pharmacies: Contact information for pharmacies

Emergencies

Emergency Response Centre Agency: Emergency situation Finnish | Swedish | English

Emergency Response Centre Agency: How to call the emergency number Finnish | Swedish | English

Finnish Red Cross: First aid instructions in different situations Finnish | Swedish | English

Poison Information Centre: First aid instructions for poisoning accidents Finnish | Swedish | English

Mental health

Tampere University Hospital: (pdf) Finnish | English | Russian | French | Somali | Turkish | Persian | Arabic | Albania | Serbia | Burmese | Vietnamese | Swahili | Kurdish | Bosnian

Tampere University Hospital: Information on post-traumatic stress disorder (pdf) Finnish | English | Russian | French | Somali | Turkish | Persian | Arabic | Serbian | Bosnian | Vietnamese | Swahili | Kurdish | Burmese | Albanian

National Institute for Health and Welfare: videos on mental health Finnish | English | Russian | Ukrainian | Arabic | Swahili

Therapion Consulting: Private online psychotherapy service Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | French | Spanish | Turkish | Chinese | Danish | Japanese | German | Italian | Portuguese | Dutch | Norwegian

MIELI Mental Health Finland: Information on mental health Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | Arabic

MIELI Mental Health Finland: National crisis helpline Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | Ukrainian | Arabic

Female genital mutilation

African Care: Finnish | English | Somali | Arabic

Maternity and child health clinic

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: Information on maternity and child health clinic services in Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian

We Will Have a Baby Guide (pdf) Finnish |  English | Russian | Somali

Information about postpartum depression (Äimä ry) Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | Estonian | Somali | Arabic

Oral health

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | Somali | Arabic

Kela: Reimbursements for dental care Finnish | Swedish | English

eu.healthcare.fi: Price information on private healthcare

Services for people with disabilities

Support Centre for Disabled Immigrants Hilma: Support and assistance for immigrants with disabilities Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | Somali | Persian | Arabic | Kurdish