Useful Numbers/Addresses

Useful Telephone Numbers & Addresses

Principal Emergency Telephone Numbers

112 European-wide Emergency number – if you are witness to or involved in an accident or simply do not know who to call. They will redirect you to the appropriate service.
15 SAMU Centre (Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente). Serious emergencies - to get an emergency medical team to come in a life-threatening situation, or to be redirected to an on-call medical care team.
17 Police intervention
18 Sapeurs pompiers (firemen/paramedics) Fire, accidents and medical emergencies. Apart from fire emergencies the pompiers are also there for problems like cardiac arrests, severe breathlessness and choking.
114 Emergency SMS/Fax number for people with hearing or speaking difficulties who cannot use an ordinary telephone and are witness to or victim of an accident (fire, road accident, sudden illness, fall) 
ENT and Eye emergencies 01.40.92.93.94
Dental emergencies:  for an on-call dentist 01.43.37.51.00
Psychiatric Emergencies 01.47.07.24.24 or 01.45.65.30.00
Poison control (Paris) 01.40.05.48.48
Cardiac Crisis helpline 01.47.07.50.50
SOS Suicide prevention 01.40.50.34.34
Racial discrimination (Victim and/or witness) 114
Red Cross 08.00.85.88.58
SAMU Social for social emergencies e.g. homelessness 115
Severe Burns (lesgrands brûlures)
Child Burn Center, Hôpital Trousseau 01.43.46.13.90
Adult Burn Center, Hôpital Cochin: 01.42.34.12.12
Children
Pediatrics emergency at home (Paris) 01.43.94.35.01
Child abuse information  119 or 08.00.05.12.34
SOS Incest information   04.76.47.90.93
SOS Missing children information 116 or 08.10.01.20.14
Drugs and Alcohol
Drug Tobacco Alcohol Crisis Centre  113 or 08.00.23.13.13
Drug Overdose Centre  01.43.95.08.08
Alcooliques Anonymes 24-hour AA  01.43.25.75.00
Women
SOS Battered women information 01.30.63.82.50
Viol Rape information; 08.00.05.95.95
Domestic violence (Victim and/or witness) 3919
Birth Control, Abortion, STDs information 08.20.33.13.34

24 Hour Pharmacies

Pharmacie des Champs
84, av des Champs Elysées, 75008 Paris
Métro: Champs Elysées-Etoile:  01.45.62.02.41
Pharmacie de la Poste
26, rue de Paris, 93100 Montreuil
Métro: Croix-de-Chavaux:  01.42.87.77.37
Out-of-hours Pharmacy (Pharmacie de garde)
To find the nearest pharmacy open near to your home, telephone: 3237

SOS Help Line

English speaking support service in France 01.46.21.46.46

SOS Help is a listening line in English, confidential, anonymous, non-judgemental and non-denominational. Trained listeners are available every day of the year from 3pm to 11 pm. If you are lonely, depressed, under stress, or just need a listening ear, call  01 46 21 46 46.
Want to help? Visit www.soshelpline.org, to see how.

Doctor Gunita Jolly

MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG
General Practitioner, Adults and Children
Trained at Guy's Hospital, London

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