Health Care
Last updated December 2017

AMBULANCE and FIRE 119
POLICE 112
EMERGENCY MEDICAL INFORMATION CENTER 1339
Language service is available 24/7 to help on First-Aid, ambulance dispatch and medical translation.

WEBSITE http://world.1339.or.kr/eng/index.asp

For urgent medical assistance, please be aware that there are NO PARAMEDICS in a Korean Ambulance.

Always remember to bring your Alien Registration Card when visiting hospitals and  clinics. When  admitted to hospital, remember to bring your own  cutlery.

Please note that medication sold  at  home may  NOT  be  available in Korea.