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General emergency numbers throughout France

Call   18    or    112
(Fire, police or ambulance - may not speak English)


Emergency in Paris:

Paris emergency services and phone numbers
Service Address Telephone
English-speaking pharmacy: British Pharmacy
62, Avenue des Champs-Elysées
75008 Paris
01 43 59  82 30
English-speaking pharmacy: British-American pharmacy, 1 rue Auber, 75009 Paris 01 42 65 88 29
English-language crisis line; SOS-Help
Daily 3 pm - 11pm
01 46 21 46 46
General medical emergency - Paris Emergency number 0147 07 77 77
or  36 22
Poisoning
Anti-poison centre
Emergency number 45 45
24 hr chemists or pharmacies : Paris 3 :
Pharmacie,  5  Place de
la République
Metro République
0148 00 18 08
Paris 8
84, av des Champs-Elysées  Metro George V
01 45 62 02 41
Paris 9
6, place Clichy
Metros: Rome or Blanche
01 48 74 65 18
Paris 12
Pharmacie Porte de Vincennes
86 Boulevard Soult
Metro Porte de Vincennes
01 43 43 13 68
Paris 13 Pharmacie Tolbiac
61 Av. d'Italie
Metro Tolbiac
0144 24 19 72
Paris 15
Pharmacie Centrale, 52 rue du Commerce
Metros Commerce or Emile Zola
01 45 79 75 01

Other sources of help:

during daytime, any pharmacy will be able to provide basic medecines or direct you to the nearest medical assisistance point (doctor's surgery or hospital).

In the event of aggression theft or robbery, consult a policeman or go to the "hotel de police" or "commissariat" for the area of Paris in which the event has taken place.

Contacting your embassy or consulate in Paris

Do not try to consult your embassy except in the event of loss or theft of your passport, or very serious accident.  Trying to consult embassies and consulates can be an exhausting process. Here, nevertheless, are some phone numbers for consular services in Paris for English-speaking countries.

Consular services in Paris:


US consulate general - emergency services:
01-43-12-22-22  
then press 0 when you reach the automated selection

British consulate general Paris
01 44 51 31 00

Irish Embassy in Paris
01 44 17 67 00

Australian embassy
01 40 59 33 00

New Zealand embassy consular services
01 45 01 43 41

Canadian consular services
01 44 43 29 02

South African consulate
01 53 59 23 23

Indian consulate
01 42 24 71 41



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