Care

Here, you’ll find key information for accessing medical and support services in Pori. Learn what to do in medical emergencies, and find details on local health centers, dental services, mental health support, and maternal health centers.

Health services

If DVV has assigned you a home municipality, you can use general health care services for that area. Satakunta’s social, health, and rescue services are organized by Satakunnan hyvinvointialue.

In Finland, you cannot book an appointment directly with a specialist; you need a referral from a general practitioner. All information from doctor visits, diagnoses, lab tests, and prescription management is available to other medical professionals serving you and can be accessed in OmaKanta.

OmaKanta is a digital database of your medical information. Within the webpage or phone app versions, you can:

• read treatment-related records
• request a prescription renewal
• check the results of laboratory tests and X-ray examinations
• gradually access social welfare service client data
• save your living will and organ donation testament
• manage how your data are used in health care and social welfare
• browse your wellbeing data and save your measurement results
• check your vaccination data

In order to use OmaKanta services, you must tell your doctors they can save your information to OmaKanta. Usually, this includes filling out and signing a short permission form. In OmaKanta, parents can also access information about their children under the age of 13. At age 13, it is generally up to the child whether they allow or don’t want their parent to see their medical information. If the child does not prevent the sharing of their medical information, a parent can access their information until age 18.

Omaolo is a Finnish online service that provides self-assessment tools for social welfare and healthcare needs. Language selection is in the top right corner of the webpage. It is classified as a medical device. In Omaolo, you can start using many public social welfare and healthcare services quickly and easily – even from the comfort of your sofa. Omaolo gives you recommendations which fit your situation and which are based on scientific research and national criteria. Where needed, Omaolo connects you with a professional or with appointment booking services.

In Pori, private healthcare is available from Terveystalo, Mehiläinen, MediPori (Finnish only), Lääkärikeskus Karhulinna (Finnish only), and Lääkärikeskus Minerva (Finnish only).

Health care (Chat or App and Emergencies)

If you do not need urgent help or wish to make an appointment, you can find ways to make an appointment here, either by chat, app, phone or in person.

If you need treatment that cannot wait until the next day or to evaluate your need to go to the emergency room, please call the medical helpline. The phone number is 116 117. 

In an emergency, please call the emergency number 112.

Oral Health Care

Local dental clinics in Satakunta are open Monday to Friday. For more information, visit Suun terveydenhuolto, then choose translate link located below the main menu.

Phone prompts are stated fully in Finnish, then after a moment are repeated in English.

Check, postpone or cancel an appointment (at least 24 hrs before or you will be charged)

Mental Care

Mental health, family and youth chat services are available through the chat window on Satakunta’s Well-being Services’ website. The chat services for adults at enjaksa.fi (Finnish only)) and youth at normaali.fi (Finnish only) are also available Monday to Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

MIELI Mental Health Finland offers crisis support to prevent mental health issues and suicides.

Crisis Center Monika

Crisis Center Monika provides low-threshold crisis assistance, guidance and counselling services in many languages for women with an immigrant background, who have experienced violence.​ Their services include:

• crisis help
• psychosocial support
• peer support groups
• advice and service guidance
• supportive housing services after a period in a shelter.

Hilma Center for Immigrants with Disabilities

Hilma – the Hilma Support Center assists immigrants living in Finland, who have disabilities or long-term illnesses. The aim of Support Center Hilma is to facilitate their integration into Finnish society and inform them about their rights.

Audio materials for learning Finnish are also available on the Hilma website – Suomea Sisulla (lisää myös kieli oppiin)

Health services for children

The maternity clinic (äitiysneuvola) monitors and takes care of the well-being of the expectant mother, the child to be born and the expectant family, as well as supporting parents in preparing for parenthood. Once the child is born, the service becomes more child centric. The child health clinic (lastenneuvola) monitors the child’s development and health from infancy to school age. The aim is to ensure the normal growth and development by promoting health through well-checks, counselling and vaccinations and by supporting the family individually in various situations related to upbringing and care. Both clinics are normally housed together at the same location.



Delivery room, Satasairaala: The delivery room is always open for laboring mothers or for emergency issues cropping up during pregnancy. Please phone ahead to check what you should do: 02 627 7542, you can always call us and ask for advice.