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If you are a tourist and if you happen to fall ill in Poland it depends
much whether your country has signed bilateral agreement regarding
the rules of reimbursement of the costs. Only foreigners from the
following country have unpayment medical care: Bulgaria, Czech, Luxemburg,
Russia, Sweden, Hungary, Great Britain and countries of former Jugoslavia.
The Rest of foreigners have to have added valid health insurance or
have to pay for medical care.
The following Cracow hospitals run around-the-clock, that is 7/24,
emergency wards (called Szpitalny Oddzial Ratunkowy - SOR): Szpital
im. Gabriela Narutowicza at ul. Prądnicka 35-37, Szpital im. Ludwika
Rydygiera at os. Złotej Jesieni 1, Szpital im. Stefana Żeromskiego
at os. Na Skarpie 66, Szpital MSWiA at ul. Kronikarza Galla 25, Szpital
Uniwersytecki at ul. Łazarza 14, and Wojskowy 5 Szpital Kliniczny
at ul. Wrocławska 1-3 .
If you wish, you may take advantage of private clinic medical consultation.
The cost of such consultations in private practice in Cracow is 40-80
zł. For the lab tests you will pay separately.
If you don't need a doctor, but are in need of over the counter drugs,
find a pharmacy (apteka). They're marked with a green cross on a white
background. Many pharmacies stay open 24hr:
ul. Krowoderska 31 tel. 430-00-35
ul. Kronikarza Galla 26 tel. 636-73-65
ul. Komandosów 1 tel. 269-08-94
TESCO ul. Kapelanka 56 tel. 296-42-39
os. Centrum A 3 tel. 644-17-36 |
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