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Pharmacy shops (APTEKA) in Zakopane:
Krupówki 11 | tel: +48 18 206 38 61
Krupówki 39 | tel: +48 18 206 33 31
Krupówki 75 | tel: +48 18 206 42 55
Chramcówki 34 | tel: +48 18 206 82 21
3 Maja 23 | tel: +48 18 201 23 78
Kościuszki 10 | tel: +48 18 201 38 30
Kościuszki 15 | tel: +48 18 206 41 02
Gimnazjalna 1 | tel: +48 18 201 31 44
Nowotarska 4 | tel: +48 18 206 86 04
Kamieniec 10 | tel: +48 18 200 06 69
Kasprusie 40 | tel: +48 18 201 40 69
Witkiewicza 3 | tel: +48 18 201 24 47
Zamoyskiego 13a | tel: +48 18 201 58 79
DENTISTS:
Avo Dental Krupówki 50 tel: +48 18 201 56 97
Tatra Dent Krupówki 35 tel: +48 18 206 34 46
MEDICAL ANALYSES:
Danielewski; Gimnazjalna 5 tel: +48 18 206 22 00
OCULISTS:
Nadzieja Klasińska Kasprusie 1b tel: +48 18 201 49 71
Jurecka Krupówki 52
Access to health care during a temporary stay in Poland
If you are entitled to health care under EEA rules on coordination of social security systems, during a temporary stay in Poland you are entitled to receive free health care services from health care providers who have concluded contracts for health services with the National Health Fund (NFZ). The information about health care providers who have concluded contracts with the NFZ is available in the competent regional branch offices of the NFZ.
How do you get treatment by a general practitioner?
Go to a doctor who has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate. Primary health care comprises examination and consultation by a general practitioner. A doctor may also refer you to diagnostic tests, to a specialist or to a hospital. Dispensaries are open from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. on workdays, as well as on Saturdays, Sundays and on holidays 24-hour-care is provided by health units which have concluded contracts for this kind of services. They comprise out-patient care and home visits in case a patient's condition is serious. Addresses and telephone numbers of health units providing 24-hour-care are available in health care dispensaries.
How do you get treatment by a specialist?
You need a referral of a doctor who practises within the health care system.
obstetrician
dentist
dermatologist
venereologist
oncologist
eye specialist
psychiatrist
and for following persons:
suffering from tuberculosis
infected with HIV
war invalids and persecuted persons
addicted to alcohol, stupefacients and psychoactive substances - in case of addiction treatment.
Also in case of a sudden illness, accident, injury, intoxication or life threat a you will receive necessary medical benefits without a referral.
Go to a doctor who has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate.
How do you get treatment by a dentist?
Go to a dentist who has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate. Free dental services are available only in the restricted scope set out in the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 24 November 2004 (Official Journal 04.261.2601). A list of free services and materials is available in the dentist surgery. You will have to cover costs of over standard services and materials on your own.
How do you get hospital treatment?
You need a doctor's referral. In case of a sudden illness, accident, injury, intoxication or life threat you will receive necessary medical benefits without a referral. Go to a hospital which has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate. During stay in a hospital operations, diagnostic tests and medicines are provided free of charge.
How do you get transportation to a hospital?
In case of an accident, injury, childbirth, sudden illness or sudden deterioration of the state of health call an ambulance (dialing 999 or 112) or go directly to a hospital, in particular to an accident and emergency department (SOR). Ambulance transport in such cases is free of charge. Show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate.
How do you get medicines?
A prescription can be issued by a doctor who practises within the health care system or a doctor who does not practise within this system, but has concluded a contract with the Fund authorizing him to issue prescriptions. Show your prescription and your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate in a pharmacy.
Polish institutions involved in the coordination of social security systems in the field of health benefits in kind
1. Competent authority - The Minister of Health
2. Liaison body - the Central Office of the National Health Fund
3. Competent institution/ institution of the place of residence/ the place of stay - the National Health Fund acting through its regional branches.
Details of the liaison body
Centrala Narodowego Funduszu Zdrowia - Biuro Współpracy Międzynarodowej
(Central Office of the National Health Fund - The International Affairs Office)
ul. Grójecka 186
02-390 Warszawa
tel. +48 (22) 572 62 68
fax +48 (22) 572 63 19
e-mail: ca17@nfz.gov.pl
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Rescue Team Number: +48 601 100 300
add this number to your mobile phone memory if you are planning any hiking or skiing in the Tatra National Park: +48 601 100 300Zakopane EMERGENCY:
In case of emergency you may call an ambulance, dialing 999 from land line, or 112 from a mobile phone.Zakopane - pharmacy shops (APTEKA):
There are plenty of APTEKAs (pharmacy shops) in Zakopane (see the list below). They are open from 8.00/9.00 to 18.00/20.00 from Monday to Saturday but there is always one pharmacy open on Sunday and each night. The information (an address and telephone) which one is on duty you will find in the window of each pharmacy with the polish text: Dzisiaj dużur pełni apteka ... and the address.Pharmacy shops (APTEKA) in Zakopane:
Krupówki 11 | tel: +48 18 206 38 61
Krupówki 39 | tel: +48 18 206 33 31
Krupówki 75 | tel: +48 18 206 42 55
Chramcówki 34 | tel: +48 18 206 82 21
3 Maja 23 | tel: +48 18 201 23 78
Kościuszki 10 | tel: +48 18 201 38 30
Kościuszki 15 | tel: +48 18 206 41 02
Gimnazjalna 1 | tel: +48 18 201 31 44
Nowotarska 4 | tel: +48 18 206 86 04
Kamieniec 10 | tel: +48 18 200 06 69
Kasprusie 40 | tel: +48 18 201 40 69
Witkiewicza 3 | tel: +48 18 201 24 47
Zamoyskiego 13a | tel: +48 18 201 58 79
DENTISTS:
Avo Dental Krupówki 50 tel: +48 18 201 56 97
Tatra Dent Krupówki 35 tel: +48 18 206 34 46
MEDICAL ANALYSES:
Danielewski; Gimnazjalna 5 tel: +48 18 206 22 00
OCULISTS:
Nadzieja Klasińska Kasprusie 1b tel: +48 18 201 49 71
Jurecka Krupówki 52
Access to health care during a temporary stay in Poland
If you are entitled to health care under EEA rules on coordination of social security systems, during a temporary stay in Poland you are entitled to receive free health care services from health care providers who have concluded contracts for health services with the National Health Fund (NFZ). The information about health care providers who have concluded contracts with the NFZ is available in the competent regional branch offices of the NFZ.
How do you get treatment by a general practitioner?
Go to a doctor who has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate. Primary health care comprises examination and consultation by a general practitioner. A doctor may also refer you to diagnostic tests, to a specialist or to a hospital. Dispensaries are open from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. on workdays, as well as on Saturdays, Sundays and on holidays 24-hour-care is provided by health units which have concluded contracts for this kind of services. They comprise out-patient care and home visits in case a patient's condition is serious. Addresses and telephone numbers of health units providing 24-hour-care are available in health care dispensaries.
How do you get treatment by a specialist?
You need a referral of a doctor who practises within the health care system.
- No referral is required to following specialists:
How do you get treatment by a dentist?
Go to a dentist who has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate. Free dental services are available only in the restricted scope set out in the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 24 November 2004 (Official Journal 04.261.2601). A list of free services and materials is available in the dentist surgery. You will have to cover costs of over standard services and materials on your own.
How do you get hospital treatment?
You need a doctor's referral. In case of a sudden illness, accident, injury, intoxication or life threat you will receive necessary medical benefits without a referral. Go to a hospital which has a contract with the NFZ and show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate. During stay in a hospital operations, diagnostic tests and medicines are provided free of charge.
How do you get transportation to a hospital?
In case of an accident, injury, childbirth, sudden illness or sudden deterioration of the state of health call an ambulance (dialing 999 or 112) or go directly to a hospital, in particular to an accident and emergency department (SOR). Ambulance transport in such cases is free of charge. Show your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate.
How do you get medicines?
A prescription can be issued by a doctor who practises within the health care system or a doctor who does not practise within this system, but has concluded a contract with the Fund authorizing him to issue prescriptions. Show your prescription and your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a replacement certificate in a pharmacy.
Polish institutions involved in the coordination of social security systems in the field of health benefits in kind
1. Competent authority - The Minister of Health
2. Liaison body - the Central Office of the National Health Fund
3. Competent institution/ institution of the place of residence/ the place of stay - the National Health Fund acting through its regional branches.
Details of the liaison body
Centrala Narodowego Funduszu Zdrowia - Biuro Współpracy Międzynarodowej
(Central Office of the National Health Fund - The International Affairs Office)
ul. Grójecka 186
02-390 Warszawa
tel. +48 (22) 572 62 68
fax +48 (22) 572 63 19
e-mail: ca17@nfz.gov.pl
article copied from the website of Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia.
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