Find a pharmacy in Czarnkow
Czarnkow is a small town of roughly 10,000 residents in Greater Poland (Wielkopolskie), serving as the seat of Czarnkow-Trzcianka County and acting as a regional service centre for surrounding villages along the Notec river valley. The nine pharmacies verified in PillsCard's directory are clustered tightly within the compact town centre and along the main approach roads, with several outlets concentrated near the county hospital on ulica Kosciuszki and along Aleja Wojska Polskiego. The customer base is overwhelmingly local — long-term residents, retirees registered under NFZ, and workers from the paper mill (Steinbeis Papier) — supplemented by patients travelling in from Wielen, Krzyz Wielkopolski and rural gminas that lack their own night-duty rota.
The local market is fragmented rather than chain-dominated, though national brands have a visible footprint. Independent outlets such as SOKAL, OSIEDLOWA, LIPOWA and POD KASZTANAMI trade alongside the discount-format DBAM O ZDROWIE chain (Pelion group), which operates a standard branch in the centre plus the DOZ Apteka dbam o zdrowie POD ORLEM location. APTEKA PASSIFLORA rounds out the independents, while APTEKA GEMINI brings the larger national chain into town with extended weekday hours. Most pharmacies sit within a 10-minute walk of the market square (Plac Wolnosci), and several on the Osiedle Parkowe estate exist primarily to serve the residential blocks on the north bank of the Notec.
Pricing & coverage
Prescription medicines reimbursed by NFZ fall into fixed co-payment tiers: ryczalt items cost 3.20 PLN, while 30% and 50% reimbursed drugs typically run 8-40 PLN per pack. Over-the-counter staples — paracetamol 500 mg (20 tabs) 4-8 PLN, ibuprofen 200 mg (10 tabs) 5-10 PLN, a basic antibiotic course on prescription 15-35 PLN with reimbursement — sit at the national average; small-town Czarnkow pharmacies rarely undercut Poznan prices. Seniors aged 65+ receive selected medicines free under the "Lek 65+" programme. For the authoritative register of reimbursed products and pricing rules, consult the Ministry of Health list and the regulator at URPL.
Emergencies & out-of-hours care
Czarnkow operates a rotating night-and-holiday duty (dyzur nocny) shared between the nine local pharmacies, published monthly on the Czarnkow town council noticeboard and at each pharmacy's door — only one outlet is open after 22:00 on any given night. For acute medical emergencies, the Szpital Powiatowy im. Jana Pawla II on ulica Koscielna handles the SOR (emergency department) and is the reference point for after-hours prescription needs that cannot wait. Dial 112 for any life-threatening situation, or 999 for the ambulance service directly. Non-urgent overnight advice is available through the Nocna i Swiateczna Opieka Zdrowotna based at the county hospital.
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Safety note
This directory is informational only and is not medical advice. Always consult a licensed pharmacist or physician in Czarnkow for individual clinical decisions, dosing questions, or interactions concerning your prescriptions.