Emergencies, Doctors and Pharmacies in Prague

All emergency numbers are free and staffed around the clock. 112 is the international emergency number; call it for sudden serious illness or injury anywhere in the Czech Republic.

Direct lines: 155 ambulance, 158 Czech police, 156 municipal police, 150 fire and rescue.

In the centre, Nemocnice Na Františku (Prague 1) takes urgent admissions around the clock. Its after-hours doctor sees patients Monday to Friday 17:00–07:00 and around the clock on weekends and public holidays. Motol University Hospital (Prague 5) has a department for foreigners, phone 224 433 692.

The after-hours doctor service (lékařská pohotovostní služba) charges a fee of 90 CZK, for children and for dental care too.

Children and teenagers under 18 can go to the children's clinic of Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice (Ke Karlovu 2, Prague 2): Monday to Friday 16:00–07:00, around the clock on weekends and public holidays.

For dental emergencies in the centre, Městská poliklinika Praha (Spálená 12, Prague 1) treats adults and children: Monday to Thursday 18:00–23:30, Friday 16:00–23:30, weekends 7:00–22:00. Nemocnice Na Františku has an adult dental service too (phone 222 801 346): Monday to Friday 17:00–22:00, weekends 10:00–22:00.

Pharmacies with an after-hours service include the one at Nemocnice Na Františku (Prague 1, phone 222 801 397), at Motol University Hospital (Prague 5, phone 224 435 736) and on Vítězné náměstí 13 (Prague 6, phone 224 325 520). Their hours aren't published on the city's list, so call ahead; the city's current list of after-hours doctors and pharmacies is at lps.praha.eu.

Items handed in by the public or the police, or left in vehicles, go to the city's lost property office at Karolíny Světlé 5, Prague 1 (phone +420 224 235 085).