Vyborg

A. General Information

How long would the trip from St. – Petersburg (actual travel) take?

Approximately 2 hours from St. – Petersburg (the overall distance is around 130 km long)

What is the experience of the city medical facilities in rendering medical services to foreigners?

Approximately 650 000 foreign tourists visit Vyborg annually. The majority of them is of Finnish origin and prefers to return back to the home country to get the appropriate care.

• ER service (ambulance)
  Address: ul. Mayakovskogo, 2; ph. 2-2902 ; 2-4012
  
• Vyborg Regional Hospital
  Address: ul. Oktyabrskaya, 2; ph. 2-4552
  
• Pediatric Hospital
  Address: Leningradskoye shosse, 26; ph. 3-0647
  
• Out – patient clinics
  • Ambulatory clinic (address – Primorskoye shosse, 6; ph. 1-5274)
  • Russian Railroads out-patient clinic (address – Leningradskoye shosse, 23, ph. 9-6515; 9-6508)
    
• Maternity hospital
  Address: Leningradskoye shosse, 24; ph. 2-3029

Which of them are available 24 hours?

Ambulance, Regional Hospital and Maternity Hospital provide round – the –clock medical services.

C. Description of medical facilities

• ER services.
  
  General info:
  
  Vyborg ambulance is responsible for the city Vyborg and the area appr. 25-30 km around.
  
  What is the amount of ambulance cars and how are they equipped?
  
  They've got 15 Russian built ambulances and one used Mercedes. Ambulance dpt. has also got one intensive care team based on the fully equipped car with mechanical and assisted ventilation, oxygen support, defibrillator, vacuum stretcher.
  
  Does anybody among ER teams staff speak English?
  
  No
  
  
  
• Vyborg Regional Hospital.
  
  General info:
  
  The hospital is placed in two buildings connected by the corridor – therapy and surgery blocks. The total amount of beds is 348. Emergency care is provided 24 hours a day; general practitioner, two surgeons, traumatologist, cardiologist, ER – specialist are always on duty.
  
  Which departments are available?
  
  

  Departments	Availability	Departments	Availability
  Therapy	Y	Traumatology	Y
  Cardiology	Y	Vascular surgery
  General Surgery	Y	Laparoscopy	Y
  Gynecology	Y	Neurosurgery
  Pediatrics		Thoracic surgery
  Neurology	Y	Oncology
  Ophthalmology	Y	ENT surgery	Y
  Infections		Urology	Y
  ER	Y	Maxillafacial surgery
  ICU	Y	Hematology
  Endocrinology		Dialysis
  X-ray	Y	Air ambulance
  USI	Y	Pulmonology
  Gastroscopy	Y	Gastroenterology
  Laboratory	Y	Nephrology
  Ambulance dpt.		Out-patient services	Y
  CT-scan		Obstetrics
  MRI		Physical therapy	Y

  
  
  Are there any English-speaking doctors?
  
  One doctor from ER department speaks fluent English, chief physician has also got basic English language skills.
  
  Does the hospital match the hygienic standards?
  
  Unfortunately, the general condition of the building is relatively poor, but the hygiene is maintained on the satisfactory level.
  
  
  General conclusion:
  
  Vyborg emergency medicine is underdeveloped and unpredictable due to administrative instability and poor equipment support. Efficient and relatively fast medical response involving local hospitals could be arranged via Vyborg hospital and ambulance management contacts.