Family Medical Practice

Family medical practitioners and paediatricians take care of the health of patient family members of Šeškinė Polyclinic.

A family medical practitioner (paediatrician) is the first point of contact for a variety of ailments.

Family medical practitioner in the Šeškinė Polyclinic advise adults and children on the following:

• establish a primary diagnosis,
• prescribe treatment and necessary examinations,
• provide references for consultations with specialist medical practitioners,
• perform preventive health checks before entering a kindergarten, school or university,
• care for the prevention and prophylaxis of diseases in patients.

In addition, family practitioners monitor hearing, vision and blood pressure; for injuries within their competence, they can perform primary surgical wound repair, bind wounds and remove sutures; and perform physiological pregnancy care as required by their medical standard.

The paediatricians of Šeškinė Polyclinic consult only children and adolescents under the age of 18:

• diagnose diseases, prescribe treatment and perform necessary examinations,
• monitor the growth and development of children,
• refer for counselling with specialist medical practitioners,
• perform preventive health checks before entering a kindergarten, school or university,
• care for disease prevention, prophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis (vaccinations),
• visit newborns and children with severe disabilities and special needs at home;
• advise on the issues of healthy eating and physical activity.

You also have to address your family practitioner or paediatrician for a referral to the Invalidity and Work Disability Determination Office under the Ministry of Health or other services and commissions.

You can register for a visit with your family practitioner and paediatrician at the clinic's reception, at tel. 8 5 250 2000 or online at www.poliklinika.lt.

Find out about family practitioners and paediatricians employed at the policlinic

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