Medical Services

General Practioner

In case of acute health problems (such as severe throat pain, cough, high fever, runny nose, cold etc.), it is necessary to visit a general practitioner. They may refer you to a specialist if needed.

MUDr. Eliška Hrabálková

General Practioner

Hybešova 43, 602 00 Brno

Office: MediClinic a.s.

+420 542 215 858

praktik5-Brno@ordinace.mediclinic.cz

https://www.mediclinic.cz/lekar/brno-hrabalkova

Make sure you bring your proof of insurance.

If you register your EHIC or XX/CZ 111 documents with Czech health insurance company (such as VZP), basic medical attention should be provided free of charge.

Students with commercial health insurance (from visa countries) will need to pay in cash and ask their insurance company for the refund. Therefore, make sure you receive the receipt.

Opening hours

Day	time
Mon, Tue, Thu	08:00 – 10:00
Wed	11:00 – 13:00
Fri	07:00 – 09:00

day	time
Mon, Tue, Thu	10:00 – 14:30
Wed	13:00 – 18:00
Fri	09:00 – 14:30

Urgent care in Brno

If you are having an acute illness or injury and your GP is unavailable, you can visit the urgent care (“pohotovost”). The urgent care is available on weekends, holidays, and from Monday to Friday between 5:00 PM and 10:00 PM.

In such situations, if you cannot go to your registered GP, the place to go to is the Trauma Hospital in Brno (“Úrazová nemocnice Brno”):

Úrazová nemocnice Brno

Ponávka 139/6, 602 00 Brno-střed

+420 545 538 111

The Trauma Hospital has urgent care facilities for both medical and dental problems.

Úrazová nemocnice Brno does not provide emergency care for eye problems or ENT (ear, nose, and throat) issues.

Emergency eye and ENT care:

The University Hospital Brno

Fakultní nemonice Brno Bohunice

Jihlavská 20, 625 00 BRNO

From the 1st to the 15th of the month

St. Anne´s University Hospital Brno

Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brně (FNUSA)

Pekařská 664/53, 602 00 Brno

From the 16th to the 31st of the month

More information

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:

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

day or night, in case of serious emergencies (that may be life-threatening) you should call 112 (European emergency number)
an ambulance will be sent with medical support
you will be examined on the spot, treated or, if necessary, taken to the hospital

please note that the nurses may not speak English but the doctors do
when you go to visit a doctor or a hospital, the nurse is the first person you have to speak with
Make sure you bring your proof of insurance.
If you register your EHIC or XX/CZ 111 documents with Czech health insurance company (such as VZP), basic medical attention should be provided free of charge.
Students with commercial health insurance (from visa countries) will need to pay in cash and ask their insurance company for the refund. Therefore, make sure you receive the receipt.

more information about medical care in the Czech Republic can be found on the Brno Expat Centre website

Brno Expat Centre

Registration of EHIC or TR/CZ111 document

To receive medical attention without any problems it is highly recommended that EU citizens with valid EHIC cards (European Health Insurance Card) and persons with confirmed TR/CZ111 forms register themselves at local public health insurance company
It is a very easy procedure, free of charge
It simplifies all possible appointments and covers costs by doctors
After the registration, you will receive a document in Czech, that will serve as your “proof of insurance” during your stay in Brno and which you have to show to the doctors or at the hospital if you visit them
Do not forget to tako you Letter of Acceptance with you!!!