Hospital chaplains

We serve patients and the next of kin in Turku University Hospital, Turunmaa hospital, Turku City Hospital, Kaskenlinna Hospital, Karinakoti and some of the Turku and Kaarina elderly care wards. As pastoral counsellors we work for the holistic treatment of patients. You can discuss about worrying matters with us confidentially.

You can contact us yourself via telephone or email, or you can ask the staff or the hospital exchange to contact us for you.

Our job includes

• providing spiritual and mental support
• acting as liaisons between different religious communities and health care
• supporting the bereaved or the ones who have lost their next of kin
• pastoral counselling and crisis work after disasters, catastrophes or mass accidents
• cooperation with police and rescue authorities
• assessing the ethics of treatment.

Each chaplain has their own calm and peaceful office for discussions.

Hospital chaplains have expertise in different religions and health care ethics. The rights of all religious communities and non-religious communities are respected.

If necessary, the chaplain is in contact with other churches or religious communities and gets the pastoral help the patient desires.

We are a part of the Tyks Expert Services.

Quiet rooms

There are three quiet rooms at the Turku University Hospital.

1. The quiet room at the T-hospital is located near the canteen, next to a hospital chaplain's room, on the first floor.
2. The quiet room at the A-hospital is in the main entrance lobby (4A), near the doorman's work room.
3. The quiet room at the Lighthouse hospital is on the 5th floor, opposite the A-lift, next to the hospital chaplain's room.

Tyks Main hospital's hospital chaplains

As our common field we serve the intensive care unit for adults, Tyks Acute and Turunmaa hospital.

Hospital chaplains in other units