Healthcare in Addis Ababa:
practical answers.
Emergencies, hospitals, labs, home care and caring for family from abroad: guides for Addis Ababa, with their sources.
- consultation price
- emergency
- insurance
- hospital
- video visit
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What brings you here?
All our guides, theme by theme
8 guides, each with its sources. Every health guide is reviewed by the Medyc medical team.
Emergencies
Who to call, where to go and what to say on the phone when every minute counts.
Seeing a doctor
Video visit, clinic or home visit: choose the right format and prepare the appointment.
Best hospital in Addis Ababa: which one for your needNo official ranking exists. Heart: ICMC or Addis Cardiac. Birth: Hemen or Ethio Tebib. The right Addis Ababa hospital for each need.
Best laboratory in Addis Ababa: accredited labs and how to checkArsho, Bethzatha, Hema, Wudassie, Swiss Diagnostics: ISO 15189 accredited labs in Addis Ababa and how to check your test.
Video consultation with a doctor: how it works and what to prepareHow a Medyc video consultation works: booking, the call, prescriptions and what to prepare. In Djibouti, from 3,000 DJF.
Medicines & pharmacy
Prescriptions, duty pharmacies, delivery: get your medicines safely.
Prices & insurance
Consultation prices, CNSS and AMU, health insurance, evacuation: what you will pay, and who pays.
Caring from abroad
Arrange and follow the care of a parent back home, from abroad.
Paying for a parent’s medical care in Ethiopia from abroadPay for a parent’s care in Ethiopia from abroad: a bank or an NBE-licensed transfer operator, never hawala. Keep every receipt.
Home care in Addis Ababa: doctors, nurses, caregivers, costsHome care in Addis Ababa: nurse and doctor visits, lab samples, caregivers and physio at home, how to check a licence, prices.
Nursing homes in Addis Ababa: options, and when home care is enoughNursing homes in Addis Ababa with 24-hour care: Esey, Enat, Golden Hope, Grace. Where they are and what to check on a visit.
Women’s health & pregnancy
Gynaecological check-ups, contraception, pregnancy: guidance for every stage.
Rather have someone take care of it?
Ask in the app or on WhatsApp: the local team arranges it and confirms the price first.
Video consultationA doctor by video
Partner appointmentClinic, specialist, lab or imaging
Doctor at homeA doctor comes to you
Care at homeA doctor or a nurse
Lab tests at homeSample taken at home
MedicinesDelivered in Addis Ababa
A parent in AddisCare arranged from abroad
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Your situation is not in a guide?
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