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Welcome to Mehiläinen Hospital
Mehiläinen offers hospital services in 15 locations throughout Finland. We offer a comprehensive and high-quality range of surgeries in various specialties. You need a doctor's referral for surgical treatment. Please contact your nearest hospital.
At Mehiläinen hospital, you can get treatment quickly and without queuing, taking into account your situation and wishes. You need a doctor's referral for surgical treatment, which is necessary to ensure the right kind of surgical treatment.
In addition to day surgery, our hospitals also perform more demanding surgeries that require longer hospital care.
In almost all Mehiläinen hospitals, it is possible to stay overnight after surgery.
Our operating rooms are open on weekdays.
Flexible payment methods are available. Also, check out the instructions for service voucher and insurance transactions.
For the surgery, you need a doctor's referral. You can book an appointment with a doctor of your choice for an assessment of the need for surgery through our appointment service.
You can also book an appointment through our chat service or by calling our customer service at 010 414 00 (local network rate/mobile charge). Open 24/7.
If you have a referral to a specialist or a doctor's referral for surgery from somewhere other than Mehiläinen, book an appointment with the operating doctor to go through your situation before surgery.
You can book an appointment with a specialist from online booking or by calling our customer service at 010 414 00 (local network rate/mobile charge). Open 24/7.
You can book an appointment with a specialist through our online booking, chat service, or by calling our customer service at 010 414 00 (local network rate/mobile charge). Open 24/7.
If you have already met the operating doctor and want to book a surgery time at Mehiläinen, please contact the hospital's surgery coordinator. You can find their contact information on the hospital's pages.
Helsinki Bulevardi Helsinki Töölö > Helsinki YmpyrätaloHämeenlinna Jyväskylä Kouvola Kotka Kuopio Lahti Oulu Pori Porvoo Rovaniemi Tampere Turku Vaasa
Do you need help? Mehiläinen's referral counseling assists at 010 414 0301 (local network rate/mobile charge). Open on weekdays from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Our staff will help and guide you in preparations and arrangements related to surgery. From our specialists, you will get information about the details of procedures and surgeries. We also guide and help with service voucher and insurance transactions.
Hospital surgical services
Check out the hospitals offering surgical services and book an appointment:
Check out the hospitals offering surgical services and book an appointment:
Check out the hospitals offering surgical services and book an appointment:
Helsinki Ympyrätalo Hämeenlinna Kuopio Oulu Pori Tampere Turku Vaasa
Check out the hospitals offering surgical services and book an appointment:
Helsinki Bulevardi Helsinki Töölö Hämeenlinna Jyväskylä Kotka Kuopio Lahti Oulu Pori Porvoo Tampere Turku Rovaniemi Vaasa
How to use a service voucher
The service voucher is a personal payment commitment given by the welfare area to its customer. Mehiläinen is an approved service voucher producer in several welfare areas. Using the service voucher is easy and it enables quick access to treatment.
How to act as an insurance customer
It's easy for insurance customers to use Mehiläinen. Book an appointment, come directly to the emergency room or use the Digiclinic and apply for compensation later from the insurance company.
Wound care reception
You can find wound care receptions at Mehiläinen's Bulevardi and Töölö locations in Helsinki. At the wound care reception, various wounds are treated conservatively and, if necessary, surgically. Wound care is always planned individually from start to finish.
Accident emergencies
In our accident emergencies, you get treatment quickly and, if necessary, extensive follow-up care services, such as surgical treatment, imaging examinations and physiotherapy services, are also available. You can come to our emergencies without an appointment.
Mehiläinen's hospital operations are recommended
We measure customer experiences with the internationally applied Net Promoter Score (NPS) index. The NPS index may be anything between -100 and +100. An NPS index of more than 50 is considered to be very good. NPS measurement is part of Mehiläinen's quality system.
NPS result number is 90.
Our customers recommend Mehiläinen
The higher the index is, the more customers say that they can recommend Mehiläinen.
High-quality surgical treatment
In Mehiläinen hospitals, all procedures are performed with high quality, minimizing risks so that the overall treatment is as smooth as possible for the patient. An essential aspect of the quality of surgical operations is that the surgery has been done at the right time for the patient. The care and operation of Mehiläinen hospitals must therefore be effective in the right way.
Patient safety is always taken into account in all our operations. The surgeons performing the surgeries are our experienced specialists and all our staff are professional and specialized in surgical operations.
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What factors make up high-quality surgical operations?
Frequently asked questions about surgeries and procedures
Anesthesia and numbness carry a risk of stomach contents entering the trachea, which is dangerous. Your stomach must be completely empty when you come for the procedure for your own safety. You will receive instructions from our hospital on how to prepare for surgery, which is good to follow.
Dental infections can significantly affect the success of a joint replacement surgery. Severe gum disease may not give any other symptoms than bleeding when brushing, but in practice, it corresponds to an open wound the size of a palm, from which bacteria can enter the bloodstream. When the dentition is in good condition, it does not pose a risk to the success of the surgery. Dental infections can also prevent other surgeries. Remember to check this at the doctor's office.
The most important thing is to tell your nurses and doctors about your fears. It's also worth telling how you want your fear to be handled. Some are reassured if things are told in detail - others do not want to hear anything extra. The nursing staff must discuss certain things with you, but for a large part of the time spent in the operating room, you can listen to music with headphones, for example.
Relaxing medication is possible to get even in numbness procedures so that you can doze off or sleep. If agreed, you can come to the hospital a little earlier, and then you will get the relaxing medication in advance.
Being awake during surgery is extremely rare in modern medicine. At Mehiläinen, sleep is monitored during surgery, for example, with a sleep depth meter. With the help of the meters, sleep is adjusted deep enough so that being awake is not possible during surgery.
When it is not an emergency, it is always worth postponing the surgery due to flu, fever, or a similar respiratory infection. A healthy person has the best conditions to recover from surgery. Anesthesia and numbness can worsen flu symptoms, coughing can become difficult and the disease can prolong. Surgical wounds also heal better and faster when you are healthy.
Scratches, wounds, pimples, or eczema on the skin increase the risk of infection in the surgical wound. Hair should not be removed from the skin in the surgical area, as it may cause wounds and thus increase the risk of infection. If there are scratches, eczema, or redness on the skin in the surgical area, it is advisable to contact the hospital as soon as possible.
After anesthesia, you can eat and drink when you feel alert and do not have nausea. On the day of the procedure, your hydration is also taken care of intravenously, and you get painkillers. Some strong painkillers can cause nausea. Therefore, it is advisable to start drinking and eating later than immediately after waking up.
Recovery after surgery is very individual. After anesthesia, you may initially feel drowsy and tired, and your throat may feel rough. After numbness, the numbed area may still be numb and movement limited. However, your condition improves all the time and recovery happens surprisingly quickly. The recovery time is also proportional to the duration and extent of the procedure.
The prerequisites for going home include the following:
- no severe pain or nausea
- you can drink or eat
- urination goes smoothly
- you have an adult escort for the home trip and with you for the next 24 hours
- you have received aftercare instructions orally and in writing
Functional capacity may be impaired after anesthesia or numbness. The surgical patient often needs help in normal functions even after being discharged from the hospital.
A prerequisite for day surgery is that the patient has company at home, otherwise, he/she must stay in the hospital overnight.
The final cost of the surgery is influenced by, for example:
- the type of anesthesia used in the surgery (numbness, sedation or relaxing medication, anesthesia)
- special materials used in the surgery (implants, prostheses, etc.)
- the fee of the doctor performing the procedure
- possible overnight stay at Mehiläinen hospital
- The share of Kela compensation in the procedure.
If you have insurance, you will receive information from your insurance company on how to handle hospital payments and any deductible.
If you did not find the procedure you were looking for, you can contact the hospital or our customer service directly.
All the surgeries included in our price list are the most common surgeries performed in our hospitals. The prices indicated are examples and there may be regional variations in prices. You will get a more accurate cost estimate from the hospital where you are coming for the procedure.
