Treatment of the of the students from EU/EFTA nationals in Poland
When are you entitled to treatment in Poland?
You are entitled to treatment in Poland, if you are insured in one of the EU or EFTA states and your stay in Poland is related to study (also tourist trip, family visit).
What documents do you need?
The type of document you need to hold depends on the purpose of your visit to Poland, if your stay is temporary, e.g. for study is European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).
When you stay in Poland temporarily and forgot about taking your EHIC, you may present a provisional replacement certificate of the EHIC to the healthcare physician. Your insurer will send the EHIC on your request.
What kind of treatment can you receive with EHIC?
The scope of treatment accessible with EHIC is limited. You are entitled only to treatment:
- which is necessary and unscheduled,
- within the public healthcare system,
- performed on the same conditions as for the Polish nationals.
You must present the EHIC during each visit to a healthcare facility. The decision on the necessary services to be provided is made by the attending physician. He/she will consider your health condition and length of the planned stay.
The provisional replacement certificate of the EHIC entitles you to the same scope of services.
How to receive treatment in Primary healthcare (PHC)?
Primary healthcare (PHC) includes the outpatient care (i.e. in the consulting room, outpatient clinic or surgeries) provided by a primary healthcare physician, nurse or midwife.
As the person insured abroad, you may not submit the statement on entitlement to treatment. You must always present the document confirming your entitlement to treatment or be positively verified electronically by the physician.
Treatment of the students from non EU/EEEA countries in Poland
Students from non EU/EEA countries are advised to purchase health insurance in Poland immediately after their arrival (it is suggested that travel insurance should cover the travel and initial stay):
Zachodniopomorski Oddział Wojewódzki NFZ (West Pomeranian branch of the National Heath Fund)
ul. Arkońska 45 71-470 Szczecin,
tel. (+ 48) 91 425 10 00, fax (91) 425 11 88,
e-mail: wf16@nfz.gov.pl
For further information see www.nfz.gov.pl (access to health care during a temporary stay in Poland).
WHERE CAN I GET MEDICAL HELP in Szczecin?
Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. in Public Health Care
Independent Public Health Care Institution of Higher Education Institutions
(Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej Szkół Wyższych)
al. Wojska Polskiego 97, 70-481 Szczecin
Registration: +48 91 88 54 820 or +48 571 263 745
You can aslo contact other public healthcare physician. All buildings of public healthcare facilities bear a logo of the Polish National Health Fund (NFZ). List of healthcare providers contracted by the Polish National Health Fund (NFZ) is available at https://gsl.nfz.gov.pl/GSL/GSL/POZ and in the regional branch of the NFZ.
Monday - Friday after 6:00 p.m. and by the weekend in Primary Health Care Center for Night and Christmas
NZOZ Ośrodek Medycyny Rodzinnej Spółka Jawna
ul. Kadłubka 10/11, 71-521 Szczecin
Registration: +48 91 422 84 45
WOMP - ZCLiP
ul. Bolesława Śmiałego 33, 70-347 Szczecin
Registration: +48 91 434 91 00
Addresses and telephone numbers of these facilities are available at https://gsl.nfz.gov.pl/GSL/GSL/PomocNocna?&ow=16&powiat=3262 or in the primary healthcare surgeries.
IN EMERGENCY - Hospital emergency ward (Szpitalny Oddział Ratunkowy)
CLINICAL HOSPITAL NO. PROF.TADEUSZ SOKOŁOWSKI PUM IN SZCZECIN
ul. Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin
Phone: +48 91 425 32 23
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC COMPLEX HOSPITAL IN SZCZECIN
ul. Arkońska 4, 71-455 Szczecin
Phone: +48 91 813 98 00
COVID-19 Admission Point
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC COMPLEX HOSPITAL IN SZCZECIN
ul. Arkońska 4, 71-455 Szczecin
building G
