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... help with any questions or uncertainty
- Available around the clock
- Help and tips for self-help for minor ailments
- Orientation: To the family doctor, to the medical specialist, to the hospital?
- networked with the medical emergency service 141 and emergency call 144 (rescue)
- Specially trained nurses advise you competently and free of charge.
- More information: www.1450.at
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…or primary care
- The family doctor is your first point of contact for
- acute diseases where medical treatment is necessary (e.g. for infections, skin rashes)
- Long-term health problems (e.g. as back pain, bronchitis)
- chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes)
Please contact your family doctor in his medical practice!
- Outside the opening times in the evening and on weekends, you can reach the medical emergency service at tel. 141.
- If you are not sure whether you need a doctor or not, ask the health advice call centre at tel. 1450 which is available around the clock.
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... in the medical practice or in the hospital outpatient department with appointment
- Your family doctor can assess very well if you need a medical specialist. If needed, he will refer you to the right place.
- Certain medical specialists can be visited without a doctor's referral: This is especially true for gynaecology (gynaecology and obstetrics), for paediatricians and ophthalmologists.
- Whether the medical specialist practice or the hospital outpatient department is the right place for you depends on the specific case. Your family doctor knows.
- For the hospital outpatient department, you always need a doctor's referral.
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Fortunately, inpatient admission to the hospital is rarely necessary, e.g. in case of severe illness or surgery.