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Emergency Numbers, SOS & Helplines in Brussels, Belgium

Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance. Also drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals.
  • Citizens of Brussels can find many essential and emergency contact details on the Brussels municipal website (in English, French, Dutch, German and Spanish)
  • There is also the Infobel online directory, which provides information and emergency numbers
National Emergency Services

Service

Telephone

Medical Service (Service médical d'urgence / Medische spoeddienst)

100

Police (Police Fédérale / Federale politie)

101

Fire Service (Pompiers / Medische spoeddienst)

100

Pan-European emergency number 
(calls are free from any mobile cellular of fixed-line telephone)

112
Website

Crisis & Help Lines

Service

Telephone

Community Help Service Helpline
24 hour crisis and information service in English
Tel: 02 648 40 14
Website
Tele Onthaal - Crisis Helpline
Support and advice for all crises
Tel: 106
Website (in Dutch)
Télé-Accueil - Crisis Helpline
Support and advice for all crises
Tel: 107
Website (in French)
Telefonhilfe - Crisis Helpline
Support and advice for all crises
Tel: 108
Website (in German)

SOS Solitude - Crisis Helpline
Monday to Friday from 09:00-18:00

Tel: 02 548 98 08

Drugs Helpline

Tel: 02 227 52 52
Website (in French)

HIV/AIDS

Tel: 0800 20 120
Website (in French)

Child Abuse/Childfocus (24/24)

Tel: 110
Website

Children's Helpline Tel: 103
Website

Victim Support Agency

Tel: 02 537 66 10

Cancer Helpline Tel: 0800 15 800

Suicide/Crisis Line

Tel: 0800 32 123

Red Cross

Tel: 105

Anti-Poison

Tel: 070 245 245
Website (Dutch & French)

Burns Unit

Tel: 071 448 000

Emergency Doctor

Tel: 1307
Tel: 02 479 18 18 (Brussels only)

Emergency Veterinary Service Tel: 02 479 99 90

Pharmacy/Chemist On Duty

Tel: 09 001 05 00 / 07 066 01 60

Sea Rescue (Services de secours en mer)

In the event of an emergency in Belgian waters: radio or telephone for help. 

Local emergency numbers for sea emergencies (Services de secours en mer) are as follows:

Blankenberge Emergency number

Tel: 05 042 98 42

Blankenberge Information number

Tel: 05 041 97 97

Nieuwpoort 

Tel: 05 823 30 00

Osstende

Tel: 05 970 11 00

Zeebrugge

Tel: 05 054 50 72

Hospitals with accident and emergency rooms

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire/Universitair Verplegingscentrum Brugmann
At
: Place Van Gehuchten 4, 1020 Brussels

Tel: 02 477 20 01 (emergencies adults)
Tel: 02 477 31 00 (emergencies children)
Website

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire St-Pierre/Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint-Pieter
At
: Rue Haute 322, 1000 Brussels

Tel: 02 535 42 20 (emergencies adults)
Tel: 02 535 42 79 (emergencies children)
Website

Clinique St Jean/Kliniek Sint-Jan
At: Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 32, 1000 Brussels

Tel: 02 221 91 12

Cliniques de l'Europe - Ste Elisabeth
At
: Ave. De Fré 206, 1180 Brussels

Tel: 02 373 16 00
Website

Hôpital Académique de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B, Hôpital Erasme/Academisch Ziekenhuis van de Université Libre de Bruxelles)
At
: Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels

Tel: 02 555 34 05

Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola/Universitair Kinderziekenhuis Koningin Fabiola
At
: Avenue J. J. Crocq 15, 1020 Brussels
Tel: 02 477 31 00
  • Residents in the Brussels area can find information on health facilities, a full list of emergency hospitals and links on the Brussels municipal website  

  • For hospitals and clinics in the capital (without accident and emergency departments): Click here  

24-hour pharmacies

Twelve of the twenty-four duty chemists in Brussels stay open after 23:00. They are located throughout the city so as to ensure that there is one within five kilometres of every address.

To find the duty chemists open between 23:00-09:00:

  • Consult the Pharmacie/Apotheek website (in French & Dutch), then type in a postcode to find a local pharmacy on duty

  • Tel: 07 066 01 60 / 09 001 05 00
  • For special vaccines, serums and gamma globulins out of hours, consult:
    Clinique Générale Saint-Jean
    At
    : Rue du Marais 114, 1000 Brussels

Local doctors and dentists

  • For a list of medical professionals (including doctors and dentists) in the Brussels area, visit the US Embassy website
Glossary of Emergency Terms & Phrases
English French  Dutch

Accident

Accident

ongeluk

Emergency

Urgence

spoedgeval

I need an ambulance

J'ai besoin d'une ambulance

Ik heb een ziekenwagen nodig

I need a doctor

Il me faut un médécin

Ik heb een doctor nodig

I need the police

J'ai besoin de la police

Ik heb de politie nodig

Heart attack

Crise cardiaque

Haartaanval

Stroke

Un accident vasculaire cérébral

Beroerte

Very sick

Très malade

Heel ziek

Unconscious

Sans connaissance

Buitenbewustijn
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