We’re opening a new private medical centre in the heart of Tallinn
We're building a medical centre in the office building at Rävala puiestee 5, where we'll offer the full range of essential primary care, specialist care, dental care, and occupational health services, alongside advanced diagnostic capabilities.
Meliva is building a shared medical centre in the office building at Rävala puiestee 5, offering the full range of essential primary care, specialist care, dental care, and occupational health services, alongside advanced diagnostic capabilities. Opening at the start of next year, the new clinic will occupy three floors of the building, close to 3,000 square metres in total.
“Tens of thousands of people live and work in central Tallinn, yet there’s still no major private medical centre here where people can get help for a primary care concern, undergo necessary tests and analyses, and see specialists and dentists. We spent a long time looking for a suitable location — one that would be easily accessible with good transport links. I believe we’ve found an excellent solution in the Rävala office building, one that will serve us well for many years to come,” said Meliva Chairman of the Board Marja-Liisa Alop.
“The number of appointments at our clinics has grown year after year, and lack of space has become a significant obstacle to ensuring patients get the services they need. Demand for specialist care and primary care visits in particular has grown rapidly, and demand for occupational health appointments in central Tallinn is also very high. With the clinic opening at the start of next year, we’ll be able to significantly improve access to healthcare services,” Alop said.
According to Meliva Chief Medical Officer Andreas Abel, the new clinic aims to ease difficulties around access to primary care. “We’ve been offering our Digikliinik service for a year now, and thousands of people have already found help for their health concerns through it. Even so, we see plenty of people every day whose situation requires an in-person examination or a test by a doctor. At the new centre, we’re introducing an on-call doctor service, so we can offer faster help to more patients.”
According to Abel, the new medical centre will offer significantly better diagnostic capabilities than before. “We’ll begin offering a range of endoscopic examinations, and our radiology department will receive one of our largest single investments — a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, allowing for faster, more precise assessment of patients’ health,” Abel added. Up to 150 medical specialists will work at the new clinic.
Development work on Meliva’s Rävala clinic is being led by the building’s owner, Capital Mill. “Thanks to extensive renovation work, this distinguished city-centre office building, part of Capital Mill’s portfolio, will gain a modern purpose and function. The medical centre’s spaces will be bright and spacious, prioritising the comfort and wellbeing of visiting clients from their very first steps inside. The clinic is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024,” said Capital Mill’s construction director Silver Neemelo.
Meliva (formerly Unimed and Qvalitas) forms Estonia’s largest network of private clinics, offering the market’s broadest range of private healthcare services. The medical companies have a combined total of 21 locations, five specially equipped medical buses, and the Digikliinik app, which enables remote consultations. The companies together employ more than 700 people, with more than 300,000 visits made to their clinics each year. Since spring 2021, Meliva has been part of the Finnish healthcare company Mehiläinen, which has more than a century of experience.
