Swedish medical clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The Swedish Clinic in Addis Ababa was founded in 1967 operating under an agreement between the Ethiopian and Swedish Governments. It is a membership clinic, providing healthcare to expatriates living in Ethiopia. The clinic functions under the Swedish Embassy and a local advisory board, and is managed by Indevelop, an independent Swedish consultancy firm.

Clinic's objectives

Our goal is to give medical services according to European general practice and family medicine standards. Extra emphasis is laid on the clinics capacity to stabilize and treat serious diseases or traumas before medical evacuation abroad.

Contact details

Tel: +251(0)11 371 0768
After-hours (Emergencies) +251 (0) 911 206291
Nurse mobile: +251(0)91 120 6514, use sms/text as well
Doctor on call mobile: +251(0)91 120 6291, use sms/text as well

As the network currently (September/October 2011) defaults often when you try to call the clinic on the landline, please, if you are unable to reach the doctor or nurse, use sms/text to the mobile numbers above and the e-mail address below as well. The staff will check continuously at both opening hours and emergency on call hours.

Email: swedish.clinic[a]ethionet.et [a] = at. The sign to define an e-mail address (if spelled out on this website a lot of SPAM will come to the inbox and probably block other important messages.
Doctor on call (One of the three doctors as below)

Postal address: Swedish Clinic Addis Ababa, c/o Embassy of Sweden, P.O. Box 1142, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Visiting address: W21-k5-House No. 453, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 08h00 - 16h00
Emergency On-Call 24 hours daily

 

The Medical Team

Medical Doctor and Head of Clinic: Dr Olle Liungman, General Practitioner, Specialist in internal medicine. Dr Olle has medical degrees from Graz University, Austria, and Linköping University, Sweden. He speaks English, Swedish, German, French, Portuguese and understands French and Portuguese Creol. He has 30 years of experience from working as a doctor in several African countries. Between 2000 and 2010 he worked as the Head of the Swedish Clinic in Maputo, Mozambique.

Part Time Doctor: Dr. Nigina Muntean, Medical Degree, specialization training in obstetrics and gynecology, and PhD in immunology (pregnancy) from Uzbekistan. Has worked in Papua New Guinea, The Gambia and Ethiopia as a medical doctor with particular interest in mother and child health and gynecology.

Part Time Doctor: Dr. Andreas Kindmark (MD and PhD). Swedish educated specialist in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. Working experiences from Sweden, Germany and USA as a researcher and clinical doctor. Dr. Andreas speaks fluent Swedish and English.

Stand in Doctor: Dr. Be ede Lemma. Surgeon and specialist in urology from University of Addis Ababa with a Masters of Health from University of Bergen, Norway. 23 years clinical experience.

Medical Services

Drugs: We have a well stocked pharmacy, with high quality drugs from Sweden. When necessary we order specific medication for our members as required.

Laboratory: The clinic offers a wide range of blood tests which we are analyzed within 1-2 hours. Stool tests and urine tests are also analyzed at the clinic. We use a considerable number of rapid tests from the US and Europe.

Pregnancy controls: Complete ante-natal check-ups.

Child health and vaccinations: We provide growth and development consultations and vaccinations. Please call the clinic with regards to your vaccination requirements. We stock a variety of vaccines.

Family physician: The doctors have experience in most common fields of family medicine, such as pediatrics, internal medicine, minor surgery, psychiatry, dermatology, ENT, eye diseases and gynecology, as well as vaccination programs and tropical medicine.

Health services: For Insurance, School and Employment

Evacuations: In case of emergencies, we are able to stabilize the patient at our clinic before evacuating abroad in collaboration with Myungsung Christian Medical Centre (the Korean Hospital) with assistance from their two Norwegian trauma surgeons.

Referrals: We have broad experience in co-operation with hospitals and insurance companies abroad. We also refer patients in need of specialist consultations, more intensive investigation or surgery, to a variety of hospitals abroad.

Fees

Consultancy Fees

Description                            Non-member

Doctor, opening hours             1290 SEK

Doctor, on call hours               1400 SEK

Doctor, home visit                  1615 SEK

Nurse                                   430 SEK

Vaccination                           215 SEK

 

Special Fee     

Hourly fee Doctor                   1300 SEK

Hourly fee Nurse                    650 SEK