Emergencies

For out of normal working hours emergencies, you can call my cellular:
0664 4466050  (leave a message if mailbox connected).

I will be happy to attend your call, if I am available, and if necessary, to visit you at home. In other cases, I will give you some advice. I do not provide night cover. Long, complicated telephone consultations or consultations that result in the issue of a prescription will be considered and charged as a normal consultation.

Acute medical Emergencies (acute shortness of breath, accidents, chest pain, etc):
doctors / ambulances ­ »Rettung«: call tel. 144

Emergency phone consultations »Ärztefunkdienst«: tel.: 141
monday to friday 19.00 till 07.00. Weekends friday from 19.00 till monday 07.00

Practices that offer consultations on weekends 08:00­20:00:
1030 Wien, Franzosengraben 6
1010 Wien, Börseplatz 6

Hospitals ­ »Spital, Krankenhaus«
If you have private insurance, you can go to any hospital. Public hospitals also treat private patients. In general, they are better in dealing with emergencies. Just keep in mind: public hospitals in Austria are to the best standards.

The following list of emergency departments of public hospitals »Notfall- or Aufnahmesstation« is based on my own and my patients´ experiences. There are other hospitals that provide good medical care.

For Trauma / Accidents (children or adults)
1. Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Böhler
1200, Donaueschingenstrasse 13
Tel. 331 10­0
This hospital treats exclusively trauma and accidents. Other emergency dept. (except Allgemeines Krankenhaus) will refer you to this hospital in case of injury.

Childrens Emergencies (0–17 years)
Website of Medical Council of Vienna

2. St. Anna Kinderspital
1090, Kinderspitalgasse 6
Tel. 401 70 / 227 DW
Only for children, sometimes a bit crowded.

3. (Mautner Markhof'sches Kinderspital in der) Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung
1030, Juchgasse 25
(Access Boerhaavegasse 13 / Ground floor right)
Tel: 711 65 / 2611 DW

4. Wilheminen-Spital
Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugenheilkunde mit Infektionskrankheiten
1160, Montleartstrasse 37
Tel. 491 50-0
This department or »Abteilung« takes special interest in the care of children and teens with acute infections and imported (tropical) infections.

5. Donauspital im SMZ OST
Kinderambulanz
1220, Langobardenstrasse 122
Tel. 288 02 / 4350 DW

Adults Emergencies
Emergency departments of hospitals deal with acute and severe problems. Most of public hospitals have emergency departments.

If your problem is specific: Gynaecology & Obstetrics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, etc, and you think it may require admission, try to contact the doctor on call or »Diensthabender Oberarzt« for the speciality at the hospital. They may see you directly without going first to the emergency department.

Previously mentioned hospitals (1,3,4,5 ­ except St. Anna Kinderspital) also have an emergency department for adults.

Other interesting hospitals are:

6. SMZ-Süd: Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital
4. Med. Abteilung mit Infektions- und Tropenmedizin
1100, Kundratstrasse 3
Tel. 601 91­0
This department specialises in tropical medicine and infectious diseases: fever, diarrhoea, malaria, pneumonia, meningitis, HIV, hepatitis, etc. It is the best department for infectious diseases in Vienna. The hospital has also an emergency department.

7. Allgemeines Krankenhaus ­ University Hospital
1090, Währinger Gürtel 18­20
Tel. 404 00­0
It is a good tertiary hospital and the largest of Austria, but sometimes failing to provide the best human contact to patients.

Some private hospitals have on-call doctors and the material and human resources to deal with acute problems.

8. Krankenhaus der Barmherziger Brüder
1020, Grosse Mohrengasse 9­13
Tel. 211 21­0

Other sources of information:

Patients services: Information help-line for patients
Call 1771. Monday to Friday: 08:00–16:00

Service- Hotline for foreign patients (24 hours a day): 513 95 95

Telephone directory: Doctors under »Ärzte«, Hospitals under »Krankenhaus«.

Medical council Vienna ­ www.aekwien.or.at
Click in Praxisplan and then:
› Wie finde ich meinen Arzt? How do I find my doctor? You can select language, speciality, district, etc.
› Wiener Krankenanstalten: List of hospitals
› Nacht /Wochenendedienste Zahnärzte ­ on-call Dentist or call 512 20 78

On call chemists  or »Apotheke«  in:
www.apotheker.or.at
Tel. 1550
ORF Text page 648.

Website of the city of Vienna
http://www.wien.gv.at/index/gesundheit.htm
http://www.wien.gv.at/index/notfall.htm
http://www.wienkav.at/kav/spital.asp