Many people remember the times when each city dweller was obliged to contact a polyclinic or other institution for help only in the city or region where he was registered. Now everything has become much simpler, because the policy of compulsory medical insurance allows you to contact any medical institution. And it’s easy to find a clinic at the place of residence with a policy. Moreover, when visiting another medical institution, the patient may be, to put it mildly, not entirely ethical. This is sometimes done on purpose, because doctors are not ready to accept additional patients living outside their area. In this case, it is best to identify the clinic at the place of residence and visit it.
Who seeks will always find
Finding out where your clinic is located does not present any difficulties, this will not be a problem in the age of technological progress, and the Internet can come to the rescue. On the website of the Department of Health you can always find the exact address of the institution. In some cases, the nearest polyclinic at the place of residence may relate to a completely different area of the city, and there may simply not accept a patient.
If the site does not have all the necessary information, the same Internet can come to the rescue, it certainly has this information. If you don’t have access to the Internet, don’t be sad: acquaintances or friends, especially elderly neighbors who visit this place with enviable regularity, will come to the rescue. In addition to the simple location from such informants, you can even find out the hours of reception of a specialist.
I need a clinic at the place of residence, but no registration
There are situations, and quite often, when a person lives in one city and is registered in another, but you need to visit the clinic, whether it's just a physical examination or registration of a sick leave. Quite simply, this issue is resolved by students, who are often registered in one city and study in another. Each university has a specially assigned polyclinic, where there are cards and personal data for each student. In order to visit the specialist you need, just provide a student ID, or you can have a passport or insurance policy.
Other needy need only go for good luck and go to the nearest medical institution. If there is a certificate of provisional registration, then it’s easier. The clinic at the place of residence is simply obliged to accept such a patient.
Everything can be changed
In the absence of registration or temporary registration of obstacles, in order to register with the clinic at the place of residence, no. Even if one medical institution serves the area of residence, and you want to visit another, then registering in it will not be difficult either. It is only necessary to comply with the formality and write the corresponding application addressed to the chief physician of the clinic, and then get his approval signature. But before that, the clinic at the place of residence should give an absentee ballot, which must be presented with the application and the policy of compulsory health insurance in the new clinic. If, on request to change the place of his further treatment, the person is refused with reference to the lack of registration, you should contact the local health department, as well as the office of the insurance company that issued the policy.
Away, of course, good, but better at home
No matter how good it is in another clinic, but it is best to find out the address of your district medical institution. It is much more convenient to visit a clinic at the place of residence: you don’t have to go far (the location is most optimally chosen), and specialists who have been servicing their site for decades, know much better than the outpatient card the health status of a particular patient. Using the services of your medical institution for some time, you should not collect routine documents to change it.
Before visiting, you should prepare
Only if there is no way out or one or another specialist is absent in your clinic, you can and even need to seek medical help in another area. It is important not to wait, thereby letting you progress to your ailment, and to turn to a specialist in time. Just before that, it is important to stock up on your outpatient card, it contains important information practically from the very birth of a person, and it can provide significant assistance to a doctor in diagnosing and prescribing or correcting treatment, especially for chronic diseases. The availability of the location of your clinic should be taken care of in advance, and the telephone number of the reception desk will help to clarify information about the reception hours of a specialist who needs to be visited, as well as to postpone a coupon in advance or call a doctor at home if you cannot visit him.