Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes
The Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes provides high-quality diagnostics and treatment of patients with infections.
Our mission is to predict epidemics and target preventative measures efficiently.
Geriatric Emergency Department
We treat elderly patients in need of acute hospital care and treatment. Our area of expertise includes comprehensive geriatric assessment, which charts the causes of the decline in the patient's physical, mental and social functional capacity.
Mari Kanerva
Tyks Medicine, Infectious diseases
What we do
The operations of the Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes includes, for example, laboratory and high security laboratory operations, contingency planning and scientific research.
Children and adolescents
We serve children and adolescents under 16 years old in the specialties of paediatric medicine, paediatric surgery and paediatric neurology. In addition we have the Tyks unit for rare diseases. The unit aims at improving the management of paediatric and adult patients with rare diseases.
We admit children from all around Finland by a doctor's referral.
Paediatric and Adolescent Ward
We treat children and young people in need of specialised health care inpatient care, who are ill with infectious diseases, other paediatric diseases or paediatric neurological diseases.
