Out-of-hours Doctor
The Service of Out-of-hours Doctor (Guardia Medica – from now on “GM”) provides access to the entire population, adults and children, and ensures non-deferrable health services.
The service is accessible from 20:00 to 08:00 every night and from 08:00 to 20:00 on the days before a holiday, on public holidays, on Saturdays and Sundays (before a holiday that is on a weekday, GM is available from 10:00 rather than from 08:00).
To reach out with the Service of Out-of-hours Doctor , call 051 31 31
The GM:
- is free of charge for all persons residing in Emilia Romagna Region or domiciled in Emilia Romagna and having chosen a general practitioner- GP (medico di medicina generale)
- is charged to Italian citizens who are not residing in Emilia Romagna Region or are domiciled in Emilia Romagna but have not chosen a general practitioner GP; as well is charged to foreign citizens temporarily staying in Italy according to the following rates:
- Outpatient visit: euro 20
- House visit: euro 35
THE SERVICE OF CONTINUITY ASSISTANCE OFFERS:
• Telephone consultations;
• Home medical examination for assisted persons that cannot leave their home;
• Non-postponable prescriptions of drugs;
• Medical sickness Certificate only for shift workers and, on the days before a holiday or during public festivities (for a maximum of three days). The certificate can only start since the day the disease was actually recorded;
• Death Certificate and, fee-paying, the dead Body Transportation Certificate.
• Outpatient visit at following times:
Monday to Friday 20-23.30;
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 09:00 – 13:00 and 15:00 – 19:00;
days before holidays that fall on a weekday: 15:00-19:00 e 20:00 – 23.30.
Outpatient visits take place in the following places:
• Via Beroaldo, 4/2 (Bologna Est)
• Via Montebello, 6 (Bologna Ovest)
• Piazzale R. Levi Montalcini, 5 (Casalecchio)
• Via G. Marconi, 35 (Bentivoglio)
• Via Prov. Circonvallazione, 47 (Molinella)
• Via Benni, 44 (Budrio)
• Via Asia, 61 (S.Pietro in Casale)
• Via Marzocchi, 2 (S.Giovanni in Persiceto)
• Viale Libertà, 171 (Crevalcore)
• Via Roma, 8 (Loiano)
• Via Zagnoni, 5 (Porretta)
• Via dell’Ospedale, 1 (Vergato)
• Via Val di Setta, 4/A (Vado)
IMPORTANT: outpatient access is currently only available calling 051 3131 and having agreed with the doctor the time of access
THE SERVICE OF CONTINUITY ASSISTANCE DOES NOT OFFER:
• Nursing services not related to the medical examination (intramuscular and intravenous injection, replacing bladder catheters, nasogastric tubes, dressings changes, etc.);
• Repetitions of recipes in deferrable chronic therapies;
• For some specific drugs (AIFA NOTE), the prescription can only occur by showing a diagnosis or therapeutic plan;
• Transcription of prescriptions or advices issued by other doctors;
• Sikness Certificate for non-shift workers;
• Certificates for sports activitiesor certificates for insurance purposes;
• Certifications of work injury (INAIL);
TO ACCESS THE OUT-OF-HOURS DOCTOR SERVICE THE USER MUST EXHIBIT
THE HEALTH INSURANCE CARD AND A VALID IDENTITY DOCUMENT.