There are no tourist clinics in Varaždin County.
Tourists who are in the area of Varaždin County during the tourist season, and have needs for health care services, can exercise them as stated in the instructions below:
Citizens of the European Union who are on a trip to Croatia or for some other reason are in Croatia only temporarily, and are compulsorily insured in one of the Member States of the European Union, have the right to use the necessary health care on the basis of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), with the payment of a co-payment.
The costs of medical services provided to persons coming from countries with which Croatia does not have contracts are charged directly to the user according to the price list. Tourists can also use the services of private doctors and dentists by paying the full price of all medical services.
- Croatian Health Insurance Fund - www.hzzo.hr
European Health Insurance Card - https://employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies-and-activities
In case of life-threatening or seriously impaired health emergencies, call emergency medical assistance at 194
(sudden difficulty in breathing, choking by a foreign body, cardiac and respiratory arrest, loss of consciousness, sudden chest pain, convulsions, difficulty speaking, weakness or paralysis of a part of the body, facial distortion, injuries caused by traffic accidents and other sudden injuries (falls from a height, gunshots), unusual bleeding, electric or lightning shock, hypothermia, heat stroke, drowning, drug poisoning).
Varaždin County Teaching Institute of Emergency Medicine - https://www.zhm-vz.hr/
Emergency Medicine clinics locations:
- VARAŽDIN - Franje Galinca 4, Varaždin
- NOVI MAROF - Zagorska 21, Novi Marof LUDBREG - Vinogradska 1, Ludbreg
- IVANEC - Varaždinska 4a, Ivanec
HEALTH SERVICES FOR TOURISTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN VARAŽDIN COUNTY
In case of need for urgent medical assistance, tourists are entitled to health care under the same conditions as Croatian insured persons, provided that they have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). Domestic tourists receive health care on the basis of a valid HZZO card.
In the case of acute diseases and conditions that are not life-threatening, seek help from a doctor, which you will find through the website of Varaždin County Health Center - https://www.dzvz.hr/ordinacije-i-lokacije.html (conditions for which you would normally go to your doctor, such as inflammation of the respiratory tract, viruses, fever, minor burns, minor accidents, abdominal pain, back pain).
LOCATIONS AND SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL ON-CALL HOURS IN VARAŽDIN COUNTY
Family (general) medicine:
Special on-call duty in the field of family (general) medicine, health care of preschool children is carried out on Saturdays from 15:00 to 20:00 and on Sundays and holidays from 8:00 to 20:00.
Special on-call duty in the field of family medicine is performed at two locations:
- Varaždin, Ulica Ivana Meštrovića 1, contact: +385 99 839 1453,
- Ivanec, Varaždinska 4a, contact: +385 42 784 753.
Special on-call duty in the field of dental medicine is performed at one location:
- building of the Health Center of Varaždin County, Varaždin, Zagrebačka 94A, Contact: +385 42 639337
PHARMACIES ON DUTY IN VARAŽDIN COUNTY
Ljekarna Centrala
Kolodvorska 18, Varaždin
every day 0-24 hours
Contact: +385 42 210 248, +385 95 368 11 09
https://www.ljekarna-vzz.hr/
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ADMISSION
Emergency Hospital Admission – OHBP GENERAL HOSPITAL VARAŽDIN
Ivana Meštrovića 1
42000 Varaždin
Contact: +385 42 393 000 +385 42 393 636
https://obv.hr/
The Emergency Hospital Admission of the Varaždin General Hospital acts as a central emergency department that combines all medical specialties except emergency psychiatry, emergency gynecology and obstetrics and emergency pediatrics. Emergency service in the Unified Emergency Hospital Admission is organized from 0 to 24 hours.