travel tips ► MEDICAL HELP

Moscow and St. Petersburg have a number of medical centers that are Western owned and run. If you have a serious problem when in either of these cities, we recommend that you use their services. We have listed some of their phone numbers in the useful numbers section below. Be aware that these clinics charge Western prices or may be even more expensive than your typical Western hospital or clinic. Some of them may accept your insurance but most will not, therefore, it is best to keep all bills that you have paid and submit them to your insurance company. It also may be a good idea to purchase travel insurance for your trip just to make sure that you will be covered.

The regular Russian medical system has become quite inefficient and it is really hit or miss. Also, services such as ambulances and emergency rooms can be really terrible. It may take 2 hours for an ambulance to reach you and you might end up waiting in a waiting room in a Russian hospital for 5 hours before being taken care of. Therefore, in cases or real emergencies, it is best to take a taxi. A consolation for all of this is that the Russian medical system is extremely cheap and possibly free in some cases, and if you do meet a "good" doctor, you will indeed get good advice and service at practically no cost.

Medical clinics in St. Petersburg

American Medical Clinic
Moika Emb., 78
Tel.: (+7812) 740-2090
M.: Sennaya ploshad

Euromed
Suvorovsky pr., 60
Tel.: (+7812) 327-0301
M.: Ploshad Vosstaniya

British-American Family Practice
Grafsky per., 7
Tel.: (+7812) 327-6030
M.: Dostoevskaya

Medem
Marata ul., 6
Tel.: (+7812) 336-3333
M.: Mayakovskaya

24-hour Pharmacies in St. Petersburg

Petrofarm
Nevsky pr., 22
Tel.: (+7812) 314-5401
M.: Nevsky prospect

Tabletka
Nevsky pr., 98
Tel.: (+7812) 275-8189
M.: Mayakovskaya

Natur-Product
Vosstaniya ul., 19
Tel.: (+7812) 579-0831
M.: Ploshad Vosstaniya

Pervaya Pomoch'
Vladimirsky pr., 16
Tel.: (+7812) 324-44-00

Medical clinics in Moscow

American Medical Clinic
Groholsky lane, 31
Tel.: (+7095) 937-5757, 937-5774
M.: Komsomolskaya

European Medical Service
Spiridonievsky pereulok , 5/1
Tel.: (+7095) 933 6655
M.: Mayakovskaya, Tverskaya

24-hour Pharmacies in Moscow

36,6 Pharmacies
Tel.: (+7095) 797-6366 (hotline)
Tverskaya Ulitsa, 25
M.: Mayakovskaya

Zemlyanoi Val, 25
M.: Kurskaya

Novy Arbat, 15
M.: Arbatskaya Smolenskaya

Interfarm
Menginskogo street, 38, k.2
Tel.: (+7095) 470-0483
M.: Babushkinskaya

MV-Farma
Nikolskaya street, 11/13
Tel.: (+7095) 298-5513
M.: Lubyanka or Ploshchad Revolutsii

IFK
Chernyahovskogo street, 4
Tel.: (+7095) 151-5495, 151-2204, 155-8929
M.: Aeroport

International Pharmacies in Moscow

Kogevnicheskaya, 13 (9am-8pm)
Tel.: (+7095) 235-7853
M.: Paveletskaya

Volgogradsky prospect, 45 (9am-6pm)
Tel.: (+7095) 177-8232, 177-8211
M.: Tekstilshyky