Changes in opening hours
The unit is closed from Friday to Monday, April 18, 2025 - April 21, 2025, and on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
On Thursday, April 17, 2025 and on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 the laboratory is open according to Friday's opening hours.
In the Ratamokeskus laboratory we serve customers with booked appointments and walk-in customers may take a queue number. We recommend booking an appointment.
- On weekdays after 4 p.m. and on Saturdays we are open by appointment only.
- You can come for urgent sampling without an appointment also on weekdays after 4 p.m. and on Saturdays.
- We accept referrals from private physicians.
- Our laboratory is located on the entrance floor of Ratamokeskus.
- Come in through the Ratamokeskus main entrance.
- The Kouvola X-ray unit is in the same building.
See the location information for Ratamokeskus (in Finnish)
- Register at the self-registration kiosk when you arrive at the laboratory.
- Our laboratory has a return machine, where you can return most common samples taken at home during the laboratory's opening hours.
- You may pick up and return sample containers without booking an appointment.
- Blood and urine samples
- Cervical cancer screening
- ECG
- ECG for patients under the age of 12
- Fungal culture tests
- Glucose tolerance tests
- Gynecological samples
- Throat swab
- Urine drug tests
Book an appointment online (opens in new window, links to another website)
You can book a laboratory appointment online. You always need a referral for laboratory tests.

How do I prepare for examinations and where do I get the results?
Examinations always require a referral. More information on the required preparations, arriving for examinations, and receiving the test results can be found here.

Updated: 01.04.2025