Gynecology and Obstetrics

Our unit is Finland's largest and most comprehensive centre for gynecology and obstetrics.

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Childbirth services will relocate from Lohja Hospital to the Women’s Hospital, Espoo Hospital, and Hyvinkää Hospital

Patients coming in to give birth will be admitted to Lohja Hospital until November 27, 2024, 8 a.m. Surgeries, emergency care, and inpatient care in gynecology and obstetrics in Lohja Hospital will end on November 29, 2024.

In Helsinki, we operate at Women's Hospital, the Gynecological Outpatient Clinic in Haartman Hospital, the Reproductive Medicine Unit in Tilkan Viuhka, and the Prenatal Screening Unit at Bulevardi, as well as in Espoo at the Jorvi, and Espoo Hospitals. We also operate in the hospitals of Hyvinkää, Lohja and Porvoo. The Fetomaternal Medical Center (FMC) and the Seri Support Center for victims of sexual assault operate at Women's Hospital and serve the entire Uusimaa region.

Our treatment range covers a woman's entire life cycle from childbirth to the treatment and study of infertility and gynecological diseases. We treat more than 16,000 deliveries and approximately 33,000 gynecological patients each year. Our operations are guided by a family and baby-friendly approach, equality, and patient focus. We have modern state-of-the-art technology at our disposal.

Childbirths

childbirth care
monitoring of high-risk pregnancies

Fetal medicine

demanding prenatal diagnostics
fetal procedures (IU procedures, intrauterine treatments)
treatment of childbirths requiring special expertise (prematurity, fetal illnesses)

Reproductive medicine

preimplantation genetic testing of embryos, infertility treatments, infertility treatments with donated germ cells, diagnostics of recurrent miscarriages
treatment of patients with infections (possibility to handle the treatment of viral carriers' gametes, responsibility for the whole of Finland)

Gynecological outpatient care

colposcopy: diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancers and premalignancies
ultrasound diagnostics of gynecological diseases
small outpatient procedures for the treatment of myomas, polyps, and menstrual disturbances
abortions

Gynecological surgeries for benign reasons

Urogynecology

examination and treatment of women's urinary incontinence and gynecological prolapses

Gynecological oncology

gene tests of patients at increased risk for hereditary reasons
demanding surgical treatment (robotic surgery)
further treatment in cooperation with the Comprehensive Cancer Center

Examination and treatment of victims of sexual violence

Divisions

The division of Pregnancy Monitoring and Postpartum Care includes the maternity wards and maternity outpatient clinics at Women's Hospital and the Espoo and Jorvi hospitals, the Family Nest Hotel in Helsinki, the Prenatal Screening Unit at Bulevardi, and HUS activities in the central maternity health clinics (keskusneuvola) in the cities of Helsinki and Espoo.

The Prenatal Diagnostic Unit, a part of the Fetomaternal Medical Center (FMC), examines and treats those belonging to a risk group by arranging pregnancy screening examinations, as well as mothers with an abnormality detected during an ultrasound scan. We provide fetal examinations also when a patient or their family has previously been diagnosed with a hereditary disease or a chromosome abnormality.

The Regional Services includes the gynecological and obstetric units in Hyvinkää, Lohja, Porvoo, and Raseborg. These units are Gynecology and Obstetrics Inpatient Ward, Gynecology and Maternity Outpatient Clinics, Labor Ward, and Gynecological Emergency Clinic in Hyvinkää Hospital; Gynecology and Obstetrics Outpatient Clinics and Ward, Delivery Room, Labor Ward, and Maternity Outpatient Clinic in Lohja Hospital; Gynecology Outpatient Clinic and Maternity Outpatient Clinic in Porvoo Hospital; Maternity and Gynecology Outpatient Clinics and the midwife’s ultrasound screening appointment in Raseborg Hospital.