The toll-free emergency phone number for integrated services - i.e. police, ambulance, and fire brigade - is 112. To call ambulance dial 999. But note, please, that dispatchers may speak no English.

Hospital emergency wards, called Szpitalny Oddzial Ratunkowy - SOR, are obliged to help every person who turns up and needs immediate medical care, a native of Krakow as well as a foreigner, no matter whether he or she has the valid health insurance. As the cost needs to be covered eventually, uninsured patients will be billed.

The following Krakow hospitals run 24/7 emergency wards (SORs):

- Szpital im. Gabriela Narutowicza at 35-37 Pradnicka street, phone 012 4162436
- Szpital im. Ludwika Rydygiera at 1 os. Zlotej Jesieni, phone 012 6468000
- Szpital im. Stefana Zeromskiego at 66 os. Na Skarpie, phone 012 6440144
- Wojskowy Szpital Kliniczny at 1-3 Wroclawska street, phone 012 6308162
- Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej MSWiA at 25 Kronikarza Galla street, phone 012 3674205

The children's emergency hospital is:

- Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy at 265 Wielicka street, phone 012 6582011.