Kalasatama Health Station

Coordinates: 60°11′16.44″N 24°58′50.16″E / 60.1879000°N 24.9806000°E / 60.1879000; 24.9806000
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The Kalasatama Health Station.
The lobby of the Kalasatama Health Station. Part of the eastern part of the sculpture Mobile E & W by Jenni Rope (2018) can be seen at the top of the picture.
The talking service robot Pepper in the lobby, which starts talking when approached.

The Kalasatama Health Station is a service centre for health and social services in the Kalasatama neighbourhood of the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, Finland. It is located about 200 metres to the east-northeast of the Kalasatama metro station.[1][2]

The Kalasatama Health Station started operations on 5 February 2018. The health stations in Herttoniemi, Kallio and Vallila closed down three days before this and their clients were directed to Kalasatama.[3]

In its first months of operation, the Kalasatama Health Station received criticism about its transport connections, the design of its premises including the omission of an X-ray facility and lack of sunlight in its offices, the small amount of time doctors had for their clients, shortage of accessories in reception rooms and the way the Pepper service robot in the lobby kept talking to itself. The staff did not have reception rooms of their own, so some of the doctors had to move their principal tools into whichever office they had to use in a suitcase.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Some changes have already been made to the activity of the health station based on the criticism and further action was sought for the problems during late 2018.[10]

The sculpture Mobile E & W (2018) by artist Jenni Rope hangs from the ceiling of the lobby of the Kalasatama Health Station. The artwork is divided between two adjacent lobby rooms and is said to be the largest mobile sculpture in Finland.[4][11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kalasataman terveysasemapalvelut, city of Helsinki. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ Helsingin karttapalvelu: Kalasataman terveysasema (information on map and map basis can be changed from menus on top left corner), city of Helsinki. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  3. ^ Kolme terveysasemaa sulkee ovensa – palvelut löytyvät jatkossa jättikeskuksesta, Helsingin Uutiset 22 November 2017. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b Aalto, Maija: HS Augustus etukäteen Kalasatamaan avattavaan valtavaan terveysasemaan, joka on iso testi soten tulevaisuudesta – Onko juhlaan aihetta, Helsingin Sanomat 20 January 2018. Accessed on 25 August 2018.
  5. ^ Siironen, Susanna: Kalasataman uudessa jättikeskuksessa ei ole röntgeniä – Jatkossa potilaita kuvataan Postitalossa, YLE 26 January 2018. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  6. ^ Rimaila, Elisa: Pelottavia portaita ja kylttien metsästystä – sekava reitti Kalasataman uudelle terveysasemalle hämmentää asiakkaita, Helsingin Sanomat 23 February 2018. Accessed on 25 August 2018.
  7. ^ Aalto, Maija: Ensimmäisenä päivänä Kalasataman megaterveysasemalle ryntäsi ennätysmäärä kaupunkilaisia ja tietokoneet lamaantuivat – "Onhan täällä siistiä, kaunista ja ystävällinen palvelu", Helsingin Sanomat 15 April 2018. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  8. ^ Pietiläinen, Jari: Kalasataman terveysaseman itsekseen puhuva ja 55 000 euroa maksanut robotti ärsyttää – ensin avautui professori, nyt psykoterapeutti Hesarissa, Helsingin Uutiset 18 May 2018. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  9. ^ Nironen, Saija: Kalasataman uusi terveyskeskusjätti saa moitteita henkilökunnalta: "Kukaan, joka aikoisi itse työskennellä täällä, ei olisi suunnitellut taloa näin", YLE 30 May 2018. Accessed on 24 August 2018.
  10. ^ Koijonen, Laura: Helsinkiläinen hyvinvointikeskus on esimerkki tulevaisuuden terveydenhuollosta – Keskuksen ongelmia korjataan syksyn aikana ja niistä pitäisi myös ottaa opiksi uusia keskuksia rakennettaessa, YLE 30 July 2018. Accessed on 23 August 2018.
  11. ^ Rope, Jenni: CV - Jenni Rope, b. 1977, Lahti, Finland, Cargo Collective 2018. Accessed on 25 August 2018.
  12. ^ REDI to emphasise experiences of relevance through art, Euroinvestor 24 May 2018. Accessed on 25 August 2018.

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