List of hospitals in Finland

The Meilahti Hospital, part of the Helsinki University Central Hospital

This is a list of hospitals in Finland. The majority of the healthcare in Finland is offered by public service providers. The private sector is very small. Primary health care is offered in municipal health centers, whose services include physical examinations, oral health, medical care, ambulance services, maternity and child health clinics, school and student health care and other basic services. Specialized medical care, including outpatient and institutional treatment is provided by hospital districts. Diseases requiring highly demanding treatment are handled by regional arrangements or centrally according to a specific decree.[1]

University Hospitals

Each hospital district contains a central hospital and other specialised units. There are five university hospitals.

  • Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki
  • Tampere University Hospital, Tampere
  • Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio
  • Turku University Hospital, Turku
  • Oulu University Hospital, Oulu

Central Hospitals

Regional Hospitals

Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District

Helsinki[2]

  • Aurora Hospital
  • Children's Castle
  • Children’s Hospital
  • Department of Oncology
  • Eye and Ear Hospital
  • Herttoniemi Hospital
  • Kätilöopisto Maternity Hospital

Espoo and Vantaa

Hospitals in the other municipalities

  • Hyvinkää Hospital
  • Kellokoski Hospital
  • Lohja Hospital
  • Länsi-Uusimaa Hospital
  • Paloniemi Hospital
  • Porvoo Hospital
  • Tammiharju Hospital
  • Women's Hospital

Hospital District of Southwest Finland

  • Halikko Hospital, Halikko
  • Loimaa Regional Hospital, Loimaa
  • Salo Regional Hospital, Salo
  • Vakka-Suomi Hospital, Uusikaupunki
  • Åboland/Turunmaa Hospital, Turku

Hospital District of South Karelia

Hospital District of Päijänne-Tavastia

Kymenlaakso Hospital District

  • Kuusankoski Regional Hospital, Kouvola

Tavastia Hospital District

Satakunta Hospital District

Vaasa Hospital District

Etelä-Pohjanmaa Hospital District

Central Finland Health Care District

Pirkanmaa Hospital District

Etelä-Savo Hospital District

North Karelia Hospital District

Hospital District of Northern Savonia

Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District

Lapland Hospital District

Länsi-Pohja Hospital District

Hospital District of Åland

  • Grelsby sjukhus, Finström, Åland

Private Hospitals

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2011)

References

  1. ^ "Health services". Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Archived from the original on 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  2. ^ "HUS hospitals". Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  3. ^ "Docrates Cancer Center". 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Pohjola Hospital". 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links

  • Hospital District 2011 Statistics Finland.