Environment and animals
Environmental health care
Instructions for customers when dealing with a veterinarian
19.3.2020 Veterinarian services in all the municipalities of the environmental health care cooperation area of Finnish Lapland (Kittilä, Enontekiö, Muonio, Sodankylä) continue almost as normal. However, we ask customers to note the following:
- if you are sick, ask someone else to bring the animal to the reception
- wash your hands when you enter the reception waiting area. Hand sanitizer is also available, use it when you come and go
- keep a sufficient distance from the veterinarian
- come to the reception alone, do not bring extra people with you
- if you have been abroad recently, ask someone else to bring the animal to the reception
Urgent patient cases are handled regardless of the situation, but we may have to postpone appointments for demanding procedures. If the staff gets sick, we have to cut back on non-urgent patient work and then focus only on urgent and on-call work.
Outi Romakkaniemi, environmental health manager
Muonio works together with the municipalities of Enontekiö, Kittilä and Sodankylä as the operational area for environmental health care in Fell Lapland.
The task of environmental health care is to maintain and promote the health of the population through various measures aimed at the living environment. The basic issues of environmental health care include e.g. good quality drinking water and food and a healthy and safe living environment.
Environmental health care is responsible for food control, environmental hygiene control, control of compliance with the tobacco law, control of the retail sale of nicotine products, and veterinary care and animal protection.
In addition, the duties include advising and guiding operators covered by the legislation, as well as municipal and cooperation authorities.
The area currently has an environmental health manager, 6 veterinarians and 3 health inspectors.
Contact information
Veterinarians in Muonio:
Hannamari Hintsa tel. +358 40 865 3766
Marianne Mannela tel. +358 40 662 1452
Appointment and advice 8.30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Veterinary emergency on weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., on weekends from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Monday, tel. + 358 20 692 699.
Pet reception:
Pirkantie 43
99300 Muonio
Postal address for veterinarians:
Ounastie 165
99400 Enontekiö
Health inspectors in Muonio:
Tuula Yli-Ilkka Visiting address:Kuntokatu 6
99400 Enontekiö Postal address:
Ounastie 165
99400 Enontekiö
tel. +358 400 396 863
Juha Metso
(residential health, indoor air issues, schools, educational institutions and partly accommodation apartments)
Valtatie 28
99100 Kittilä
tel. +358 400 421 451
Emails: etunimi.sukunimi@sodankyla.fi
Contact information
Appointment and counseling from 8:30 to 10:00
Small animal reception
Muonio
Pirkantie 43
99300 Muonio
Enontekiö
Kuntokatu 6
99400 Enontekiö
Postal address to the veterinarian:
Ounastie 165, 99400 Enontekiö