HEALTH CARE
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A HEALTH PROBLEM?
If the problem is urgent (danger to life, accident, bleeding etc.):
1. call the ambulance – TELEPHONE: 112 – the call is free of charge (you may need a Hungarian speaking person to translate)
2. visit the GP in hostel E/4 - in emergency cases appointment is not needed
- if you have a social health insurance (TAJ) card: the treatment is free of charge - if you have a European Health Insurance Card: urgent treatment is free of charge
- if you have a private health insurance: you have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
3. visit the dentist in hostel E/4
- if you have a social health insurance (TAJ) card: the treatment is discounted - if you have a European Health Insurance Card: urgent treatment is free of charge
- if you have a private health insurance: you have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
4. go to the Emergency Department of the Central Hospital – appointment is not needed address: Miskolc, Szentpéteri kapu 72-76.
- if you have a social health insurance (TAJ) card: the treatment is free of charge – in case your TAJ card is still in process, please contact the Directorate for International Relations as soon as you received the invoice in the hospital
- if you have a European Health Insurance Card: urgent treatment is free of charge
- if you have a private health insurance: you have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
If the problem is not urgent:
1. visit the GP in hostel E/4
- if you have a social health insurance (TAJ) card: the treatment is free of charge
- if you have a European Health Insurance Card: treatment of chronic diseases (for example
diabetes) is not covered by the European Health Insurance Card, you need to pay for the treatment.
However, in case you have no medicine (on a one-off occasion), you do not feel well or your status gets worse, the treatment is free of charge.
- if you have a private health insurance: you have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
2. visit the dentist in hostel E/4
- if you have a social health insurance (TAJ) card: the treatment is discounted - if you have a European Health Insurance Card: you have to pay for the treatment
- if you have a private health insurance: you have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
3. go to the hospital
- you can visit most departments of the hospital if you bring a referral issued by the GP and booked an appointment previously
- if you have a social health insurance (TAJ) card: the treatment is free of charge – in case your TAJ card is still in process, please contact the Directorate for International Relations as soon as you received the invoice in the hospital
- if you have a European Health Insurance Card: you have to pay for the treatment
- if you have a private health insurance: you have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
4. call the number given by the Hungarian private health insurance company and you will get an appointment to a specialist – TAJ card is not needed and you do not have to pay for the treatment
GENERAL PRACTITIONER CARE IN HOSTEL E/4 The GP’s office hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 7:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m.
Thursday: 12:00 a.m. (noon) – 4:00 p.m.
Telephone number: 06-46-565-391
06-46-565-111/14-93 extension
- you can only visit the GP after booking an appointment by phone during the office hours - your mentor should call the GP’s office as the doctor speaks English only
- you must not visit the GP’s office if you have fever, in this case - after consulting by phone – you have to send a photo of your throat to the given e-mail address
- after the office hours a qualified nurse is on duty and you can only visit her with your mentor or a Hungarian speaking person at the following times:
Monday - Thursday: 7:00 – 18:00.
Friday: 7:00 – 13:00
- if you visit the GP, you have to bring your social health insurance (TAJ) card, accommodation reporting sheet and your student card
- if you do not have a TAJ card, please bring your passport with you, and in this case you have to pay for the treatment: consultation fee: 6 000 HUF/occassion, but after being provided with an invoice containing your data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service
DENTAL CARE IN HOSTEL E/4
At the Dentist Consulting Room of the University of Miskolc (Hostel E/4, ground floor), Dr. Andrea Mélász-Szigetvári awaits her patients, who has been giving treatment to the university students for 20 years. International students can visit the consulting room if a mentor student accompany them, and booking an appointment by the mentor student prior to the consultation is inevitable.
Opening hours:
- Monday and Wednesday: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. (noon)
Status check is free of charge for everyone and the treatment in case of having a Hungarian social health insurance (TAJ) card is discounted.
In case of holding an EU insurance card, urgent treatment (face swelling, pain) is free, further treatments are fee-paying.
Those international students who do not have a Hungarian social health insurance but holding a private insurance, have to pay for the treatment, but after being provided with an invoice containing their data, the cost of the treatment can be reimbursed by the provider of the private medical insurance, according to the terms and conditions of the service.
List of prices:
- photopolymerization filling (depending on the size of it): 10.000 – 30.000 HUF
- root treatment for single-rooted tooth: 30.000 HUF - tooth scaling: 10.000 – 20.000 HUF
- tooth whitening: 40.000 HUF
Before the treatment, a quotation is always provided.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH PROBLEM AT THE WEEKEND?
Call the general practicioner on duty – telephone number: 06-46-477-104 Address: Miskolc, Bottyán János u. 2-10, 3529
PHARMACIES OPEN 0-24 HOURS IN MISKOLC
Fehér Holló Gyógyszertár: Miskolc, Szemere Bertalan u. 14, 3530 Szent Rókus Gyógyszertár: Miskolc, Csabai kapu 11, 3529
