A visit to any health service in the Czech Republic will require health insurance. We strongly recommend that you take your insurance card with you. Based on the features of your insurance plan, you may get the needed service for free or for a fee that you may request back from your insurance company (always inquire with your insurance company about how to proceed or which medical service to visit).
Unless it is urgent, we recommend making an appointment in advance by phone or email, if applicable. Don't forget to take your insurance card, number, or any other document proving your insurance.
Before seeing a doctor in non-emergency situations, you should consider getting a Czech insurance number (apply mainly to EU citizens or other countries on a special list – see tab Registration with Czech General Health insurance company).
If you need to see a doctor other than a general practitioner (a specialist of different kinds), you should first see your general practitioner (for students - preferably the university’s DP, Dr. Kateřina Kolářová, for university employees – find your GP and register – see the list of English speaking doctors) who will give you a referral to the given specialist. The following specializations are available without referral from GP: dermatology, ophthalmology, and otorhinolaryngology.
Emergency Hospital (injuries and emergency dental care)
Trauma Hospital of Brno
Ponávka 6
Tel: +420 545 538 111
Web: https://unbr.cz/en/
Medical first aid service for adults:
- Opening hours: Mon–Fri: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m., Sat, Sun, holidays: nonstop
- Tel: +420 545 538 538, Registration fee: 90 CZK
Stomatological emergency:
- Mon-Fri: 6:00 p.m. – 23:59 p.m., Sat, Sun, holidays: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. The last patient will be treated 30 minutes before the end of surgery hours.
- Tel: +420 545 538 421, Registration fee: 90 CZK
Ambulance – groundfloor and 1st floor, Ponávka 10
To get to the ambulance, enter the gateway between the Ponávka 6 and Ponávka 10 buildings and continue across the yard to Koliště 41 (1st floor) back entrance
Emergency Hospital for Children
In the case of children and young people (up to the age of 18) that are in need of urgent care, you should turn to the Children’s Hospital at Černopolní 9 - 1st floor of pavilion G – ambulatory area.
Urgent care services are available from 15:30 to 7:00 on weekdays and round the clock on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The contact number is +420 532 234 935 and it is available from 15:30.
When you arrive at the hospital, first you have to register the child at the Central Registration Office (Hall D). You will then be given instructions on what to do next.
In case of burns, you have to turn to the Children's Burns Center located in the Bohunice Hospital, Jihlavská 20.
Pharmacies
Most of the medicines available elsewhere can be obtained here, though not necessarily in every pharmacy. In case you need some kind of medicine in the evening, at night or over the weekend when shops are normally closed, there are several nonstop pharmacies:
EMERGENCY PHARMACY pharmacies
- DR. MAX, Padowetz Pharmacy, Bašty 413/2, 602 00 Brno
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun: nonstop
- Tel: +420 542 213 531
- K.E.I. PHARMA, s.r.o., Koliště 47, Brno
- Opening hours: Mon–Sun: nonstop
- Tel: +420 545 424 811
- Dětská nemocnice – lékárna (Children’s hospital apothecary), Černopolní 9, Brno
- Opening hours: workdays: 7:30 a.m. – 10 p.m., weekends/holidays: 8:00 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- Tel.: +420 532 234 646
Make sure you have taken enough medicine with you to cover the whole stay in the Czech Republic. If you need a new prescription in the Czech Republic, use a prescription abroad within EU.
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Doctors (speaking English)
Do not forget to take the insurance card, number or any other proof of your insurance. If the doctor doesn’t accept your insurance card and asks you to pay on spot, do not forget to get a receipt/payment confirmation. You will need this document for your home insurance company, which will give you the refund.
NB for students: If you have any prescription medications, you can pick them up at any pharmacy in Czech Republic with the prescription from your doctor. This however doesn’t apply to e-prescription issued outside of the Czech Republic.
If you are from an EU country, see the tab Registration with insurance company.
Citizens of non-EU countries or EU citizens without the Czech insurance number have to pay on the spot. The doctors mostly only accept cash and the price does not usually exceed 100-200 CZK.
If you need an emergency dentist treatment, expect to pay an amount exceeding 1000 CZK even if you do have a Czech insurance number.
Please note that the nurses may not speak English but the doctors do.
Primary MU General Practitioner for occasional treatment
MUDR. KATEŘINA KOLÁŘOVÁ
University campus
3rd floor of building B22 in the northern corridor (from Netroufalka street), room 302
Tel.: +420 543 239 487
Walk-in hours: (the last patient will be taken in 30 minutes before the end of walk-in hours):
Mon: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tue: 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Thu: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Note: If you are a foreign student and have commercial insurance for foreigners from PZVP (insurance no. 333), you can use the services of the ambulance usually for free. If you have any other commercial insurance, you should expect to pay in cash (no credit/bank card accepted there). You will get a receipt for the examination and you can then claim the amount from your health insurance company (this is the case with many European health insurances).
List of other General Practitioners for occasional treatment
MUDR. OTAKAR ACH-HÜBNER
Mendlovo nám. 17 (building in the middle of the square, 3rd floor)
Tel: +420 544 525 335
Website: https://www.ach-hubner.cz/MainPage.aspx
Walk-in hours:
Mon: 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Tue 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ordered only, if you can not come please cancel your appointment)
Wed: 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Thu: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (ordered only, if you can not come please cancel your appointment)
Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
MUDR. OLGA NEHYBOVÁ
Purkyňova street 93, block B04
Tel: +420 541 210 285
E-mail: ordinacemedineo@seznam.cz (preferred channel for appointment arrangement)
Walk-in hours:
Mon: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Tue: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wed: 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Thu: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Fri: 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
MUDR. VĚRA SCHÖBLOVÁ
Lidická 42
Tel: +420 545 245 235 (doctor), +420 545 572 813 (nurse)
Website: https://mudr-vera-schoblova.modernilekar.cz/
Walk-in hours:
Mon: 7:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Tue: 7:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Wed: 7:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thu: 12:00 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Fri: 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
(Mon – Wed, Fri: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. blood-taking)
Specialists
Gynaecology
MATERNITY CLINIC, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Jihlavská 20
Tel: +420 532 231 111, +420 532 233 953
Website: https://www.fnbrno.cz/en/contacts/t6214
Opening hours: Mon–Sun: nonstop (clinic)
(all students are supposed to pay for treatment on the spot; no EU health cards accepted)
Obilní trh 11
Tel: +420 532 231 111, + 420 532 238 373
Website: https://www.fnbrno.cz/en/contacts/t6214
MUDR. JAROMÍR VLÁČIL
Výstavní 9
Tel: +420 543 248 196
E-mail: gynekologie_vystavni@volny.cz
MUDr. HANA ZAKOPALOVÁ
Běloruská 2
Tel: +420 547 219 314
E-mail: zakopalova@gyneo.cz
Website: http://www.gyneo.cz/
Dentist
MUDr. PAVEL KOŘÍNEK
Hlinky 92
Tel: +420 543 242 673
E‑mail: info@syndenta.cz
Website: http://www.syndenta.cz/
MUDr. MARTA GOTTVALDOVÁ
Výstaviště 1
Tel: +420 541 152 751
E‑mail: martagottvaldova@volny.cz
MUDr. FILIP GEORGES
Hlinky 112a
Tel: +420 545 213 959
E‑mail: irecepce@diente.cz
Website: http://www.diente.cz/
Psychological Consultancy
LIST OF THERAPISTS WORKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE:
Web: https://www.czap.cz/Foreign-therapists
STUDENTS' ADVISORY SERVICES
Žerotínovo nám. 617/9
E‑mail: psycholog@muni.cz
Website: https://www.muni.cz/en/students/psychological-counselling
Students are entitled to get up to 5 psychological counseling sessions for free.
MASARYK UNIVERSITY – FACULTY OF ARTS
Department of Psychology
Alena Slezackova, PhD
E-mail: alena.slezackova@phil.muni.cz
PSYCHOLOGICAL CRISIS CENTRE AT THE FACULTY HOSPITAL BRNO
Jihlavská street 20
Tel.: +420 532 232 078 / +420 547 212 333
Website: https://www.fnbrno.cz/psychiatricka-klinika/k1484 (note: the website is only in Czech)
Opening hours: Mon–Sun: nonstop (ambulance)
Psychological and psychiatric first aid. If needed a doctor will be able to prescribe you a medicine/treatment. There is no need to have an appointment prior to your visit.
PHDR. PAVEL HUMPOLÍČEK, PH.D.
Office: bldg. F01B1/517
Kamenice 126/3
E‑mail: pavel.humpolicek@med.muni.cz
MUDR. ŠÁRKA KÁROVÁ, PHD
psychotherapy, psychosomatics and counselling
Vackova street 44
Tel.: +420 735 123 684
E-mail: info@karovasarka.cz
Website: http://karovasarka.cz/psychotherapy-in-english-in-brno/
MGR. ONDŘEJ ŽENKA
Šilingrovo nám. 3, room No. 305 (3rd floor)
Tel.: +420 777 146 319
E-mail: ondrej.zenka@centrum.cz
Meeting on request by phone or e-mail. 50 minutes of consultation – 700 CZK.
MGR. VERONIKA FUCHSOVÁ
Clinical psychology ambulance Jabok
Masarykova street 37, 4th floor
Tel.: +420 774 022 058
E-mail: verca.fuchsova@gmail.com
Meeting on request
Orthopaedist
MUDR. JAN KOCANDA
Orto Poul spol. s r.o.
Merhautova 142
Website: www.orto-poul.cz
Dermatologist
MUDR. DANIELA KANOVSKÁ
Kožní clinic, Česká 1/3
Tel. +420 542 210 114
Website: http://kozni-kanovska.cz/
Surgery hours:
Mon, Tue 7:30 – 11:30 a.m., 12:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Wed, Fri 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Thu 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
It is necessary to make an appointment by phone. No need for recommendation from a general practitioner.
Allergology and clinical immunology
MUDr. MARIE POLÁKOVÁ
Pellicova 53a
Tel.: +420 543 245 888
Website: https://www.alergologie-polakova.cz/english-version/
Surgery hours:
Mon, Tue: 7.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Wed: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thu: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fri: 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
It is necessary to make an appointment by phone, even in urgent cases.
Teiresiás—Masaryk University Support Center for students with special needs
Komenského nám. 2, 60200 Brno
Tel.: +420 549 49 1105, +420 732 87 3082
Website: https://www.teiresias.muni.cz/?lang=en-GB
All the above mentioned details are verified. Some of the above mentioned contact details were gained from the Faculty of Medicine website and from MIMSA (Masaryk International Medical Students Association). Check the updated contact details there.
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