By what phone number can I call a children's doctor at home
Parents have 4 courses of action when theirthe child is ill: call the local doctor, an ambulance, an "emergency room" or go to a private clinic. In the latter case, assistance is paid, and this amount may be quite large.
If you can’t call a pediatrician to your home,You can take your child to the hospital yourself Photo: Getty You can call a pediatrician from the clinic where your child lives for free. To do this, call the medical institution between 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. on a working day. If you call later, the doctor will not come that day, then you will have to call an ambulance or "emergency room". When making a call, you must state the child's first and last name, age, address of residence, and symptoms that the child has. The doctor can come at any time before the end of the working day. You can call an "emergency room", then the doctor will arrive within 1 hour after the call. In the following situations, you must call an ambulance:
- you did not have time to call from 8:30 to 12:00 on a working day to the hospital;
- help the child needs on weekends, holidays or at night;
- the doctor will only be in the evening, and the child's condition deteriorates rapidly;
- the baby needs immediate help, for example, with a burn or fracture.
You can call an ambulance by dialing "03", check with the hospital for the children's "emergency" phone number.
What you need to take care of by calling a pediatrician from a polyclinic
Doctors have many calls, so there is little time for examination. Prepare for the doctor's arrival:
- find shoe covers, because the doctor will not take off his shoes;
- prepare a clean towel, a teaspoon - in case you need to examine your throat;
- measure the temperature of the baby's body;
- write down on the sheet of paper all the symptoms that disturb the child, so that during the visit they do not forget.
Ask your doctor all the questions you have.If you call an ambulance, be prepared to go to the hospital. Prepare your passport, medical insurance policy, bed linen, towel, clothes for yourself and your baby. If you simultaneously called specialists from different services to your home, mark the call for which the doctor will arrive later. Be sure to follow all the specialist's recommendations; if he insists on hospitalization, do not refuse. Your child's health is at stake.
