Persian-speaking Doctors in Dortmund

This page lists Persian-speaking doctors in Dortmund, each profile run by the business itself. How the German medical system works, where to start and what to bring to a first appointment are all on the Persian-speaking doctors page. This page is about Dortmund alone.

In an emergency, or if there is a risk to life, call 112. Outside surgery hours the medical on-call service answers on 116117 and can also help you find an appointment. This page is only a directory and is not an emergency service.

What the Verified badge does and does not say

Verified says one thing only: a real person stands behind this profile and manages it themselves. YabInfy does not check anyone's certificates, licences, experience or competence, and the badge is not for sale. A specialist title for a doctor in Dortmund is registered by the Westfalen-Lippe chamber of physicians (Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe), whose office is in Münster rather than Dortmund. The chamber does not grant the licence to practise, that is the state authority, but the specialist title and any complaint sit with the chamber.

Two authorities in one state

Dortmund is in North Rhine-Westphalia, and that state has two separate medical authorities. Dortmund falls under Westfalen-Lippe, while a city as near as Essen falls under Nordrhein. Search a Dortmund doctor's registration at Nordrhein and you will get nothing back, which does not mean the doctor is unregistered. For Dortmund it is always Westfalen-Lippe.

The regional association of statutory health insurance physicians for the same area (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe) has its head office in Dortmund itself. The body that allocates practice licences and organises the on-call service for the whole of Westfalen-Lippe sits in your own city, and for an administrative question, from how many slots a specialty holds to who covers the weekend, it is the first place to ask.

Where an appointment actually comes from

The practice books it. Phones at the larger Dortmund practices often go unanswered at busy times, so call first thing in the morning or in the afternoon, and if nobody picks up, try a few other practices the same day. With statutory insurance most practices will take you. With private insurance, ask on the first call whether they accept your insurer.

What distance means in Dortmund

The city centre is one thing and the outer districts are another. From the far edges into the middle, a trip on the city network can run past half an hour and may involve one change. Each profile's address sits behind the "Show contact" button, so look at the journey before you book. For a single visit it does not matter. For treatment spread over several weeks it decides everything.

Questions that only apply here

• Is your list open to new patients, and if not, when do you review it?
• Which stop should I walk from, and how far is it?
• Are there steps at the entrance, and is there a lift?
• Where should your patients go at weekends and over the holidays?
• For a dentist, will you put the treatment and cost plan (Heil- und Kostenplan) in writing?
• YabInfy checks none of this, so ask for it yourself, and ask to see the document where it matters.

If Dortmund does not have enough of what you need

Each specialty has its own page, so start there if you are after something specific. If a group has nobody in Dortmund, talk to your family doctor first, because a referral from them sometimes goes to a hospital outpatient clinic, which never shows up in a list like this one. Essen is close, but remember it answers to the other authority.

Reviews here cover the waiting time, how clearly a diagnosis was explained and how the reception treats people. They pass no judgment on medical skill. Nor is your own reading of a profile recorded anywhere: YabInfy keeps neither the visit nor the contact, and the only thing that goes public is a review you choose to write, under whatever name you pick.

For speech therapy and care services see Allied health, and for therapy or psychiatry see Mental health.