If you are taken ill and need medicine, remember a drugstore (chemist) is called
a "pharmacie". Night time and on Sundays, the Commissariat de Police of the district
where you reside will inform you of the nearest drugstore (chemist) open and the
address of the nearest doctor on duty. If you need to be taken to a hospital,
the doctor will call an ambulance for you or you can apply to the:
Ambulances "Assistance Publique"
28, rue de I'Entrepot, 94220 Charenton
Tel: 01.43.78.26.26 - Fax.: 01.45.13.65.82
American Hospital
63, boulevard Victor-Hugo, 92202 Neuilly
Tel.: 01.46.41.25.25 - Fax.: (1) 01.46.24.49.38 - Telex: 613.344
British Hospital Hortford
3, rue Barbes, 92300 Levallois -
Tel.: 01.47.58.13.12 - Fax.: 01.47.58.02.34
Medicine by air from home
Ministere des Affaires Sociales
Service Central de la Pharmacie, 14, avenue Duquesne, 75007 Paris
Tel.: 01.40.56.53.80 - 01.40.56.60.00 - Fax.: 01.40.56.53.55
Open: daily except Saturdays and Sundays from 8:30 am to 12 noon and 2:00 pm to
5:30 pm. It is forbidden to import narcotics into France unless you obtain beforehand
a special authorization from the French narcotic office at the address mentioned
above.