Saturday 15 December 2018

General Health Care in Stockholm, Sweden

What's 1177?

1177 is the default contact number everyone will come to know when they to move to Sweden and look for help for health related question.

We felt very weird first time when we had to call 1177 because we had to answer tonnes of questions asked by them. Later, we realized that 1177 also has a website 1177.se and it has so much information and answers to common questions around vaccinations, flu, fever and common seasonal health problems.

Who will pick up when you call 1177? All calls to 1177 will be handled by Nurses.

What time can you call 1177? You can call them 24 by 7.

What are the costs to call 1177? It's not free of charge, the costs are charged as a regular phone call and vary based on your mobile network provider.

Any alternate way to avoid long queues for 1177? Yes, their website 1177.se has lot of services as below
  • Book an appointment of the health center
  • Change medications
  • Renew prescriptions
  • See where your referrals are sent for further specialist doctor appointments
  • See what doctors work and if time is available to any of them
  • Change the mammography time to which you have been called
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1 comment:

Alexander Strauffon said...

There are certain recommendations to be followed during both summer and winter, to prevent health problems like influenza and dengue fever, among many others:

https://alexanderstrauffon.blogspot.com/2014/11/consejos-de-salud-para-el-invierno-y-verano.html