Medical Emergencies: what to do?

Life-Threatening Emergencies

Go to the hospital emergency or call 144

Consult the hospital emergency room occupancy

HFR Fribourg (Hospital) emergencies

Adult Emergencies HFR Fribourg - Cantonal Hospital (24 hours per day):

Tel: 026 306 30 00 (normal rate applies)

Paediatric Emergencies HFR Fribourg - Cantonal Hospital (24 hours per day):

Tel: 0900 268 001 KidsHotline (2.99/min)

Other Emergency Services:

- HFR Gynaecology and Obstetrics Emergency Services (24 hours per day): 026 306 29 00

- HFR Delivery Room: 026 306 10 33

- HFR ENT: 026 306 36 10

- Ophthalmology: 026 306 16 00

Consult HFR emergency room occupancy

Hôpital Intercantonal de la Broye (HIB)

Life-Threatening Emergencies:

Tel: 144

or 026 662 80 11

Non-Life-Threatening Emergencies:

Tel: 0848 133 133

On-Call Centre, Permanence Estavayer-Le-Lac:

Tel: 026 664 71 11

Mon-Fri: 8am-7pm; and Sat-Sun and public holidays: 9am-7pm

On-Call Centre, Permanence Moudon:

Tel: 026 662 83 80

Mon-Fri: 1.30pm-5.30pm (Sat-Sun and public holidays: closed)

On-Call pharmacies

New Paediatrics:

The HIB offers emergency paediatric consultations by appointment at the Estavayer-le-Lac site for children aged 0 to 16. Consultations take place in the surgery of the specialist paediatrician Dr Elias on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (subject to availability) and Fridays.

For appointments, telephone 026 664 71 12 between 9am and 11.30am or between 2pm and 4.30pm

HFR On-Call Service (permanences)

On-Call Service for Adults, HFR Meyriez-Murten:
Tel: 026 306 71 10 (normal rate applies)
Mon-Fri: 8am-8pm; Sat-Sun: 9am-7pm

On-Call Service for Adults, HFR Riaz:
Tel: 026 306 40 20 (normal rate applies)
Mon-Sun: 7am-10pm

On-Call Service for Adults, HFR Tafers:
Tel: 026 306 60 00 (normal rate applies)
Mon-Sat: 8am-5pm
Sundays and public holidays: closed

On-Call Service (Permanence Médicale) Fribourg

On-call Service (Permanence Médicale) Fribourg

Reception (permanence-medicale-en.ch)

Mon-Fri: 9am-6.30pm (Sat and Sun: closed)

On-Call Medical Service for non-life-threatening emergencies:

On-Call Medical Service for non-life-threatening emergencies:

A single number operates for all districts: Tel: 0800 170 171

MedHome Fribourg

MEDHOME

Tel: 026 6 700 700

Mon-Fri: 7.15am-8pm; Sat-Sun: 7.15am-5.45pm

MEDHOME is a private network in the canton of Fribourg of doctors offering home visits to ensure rapid medical consultations for emergencies, general medicine, trauma and paediatrics (aged 8 and over). 

Visits are billed according to Tarmed and reimbursed by health insurance.

 

On-Call Pharmacies

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: from 1st July 2023, a single number 0900 146 146 (CHF 2/min.) will provide information 24 hours per day to guide you to the nearest open pharmacy (“Pharmacie de garde”).

On-call pharmacy at the Hôpital Intercantonal de la Broye HIB (link to list)

KidsHotline (paediatric emergencies) 24 hours per day

Tel: 0900 268 001

CHF 2.99/min / max CHF 29.90 per call

Psychiatric Emergencies

Fribourg Mental Health Network (RFSM):

Tel: 026 308 08 08

Where can I obtain emergency contraception?

At the Centre fribourgeois de santé sexuelle

Mon-Thur: 8.30am to 11.30am and 2pm to 5pm

In pharmacies, even without prescription

Working days: in pharmacies even without prescription

Weekends and public holidays: on-call pharmacies (0900 146 146) or in pharmacies at railway stations

Poisoning/Intoxication

Tox Info Switzerland

Tel: 145

Dental On-Call Service

Dental Emergencies SSO:

Fribourg and surrounding area: Tel. 0848 14 14 14

South Fribourg: Tel. 0848 776 776

Other numbers

Chiropractors on-call service: Sat, Sun and public holidays 9am-noon: 079 626 55 54

MEDICAL EMERGENCY: WHAT TO DO? THE RIGHT BEHAVIOUR AT THE RIGHT TIME