HEALTH & SAFETY
Get ready for your travels
If your country of origin is an EU member-state make sure you are a holder of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or any other legal EU document issued by your nation’s social security agency. In such cases, the necessary treatment in Albania is provided by the following:
- the Social Security Institute Health Units (polyclinics) or doctor’s offices in the region
- Regional clinics (former rural clinics) or the Health Centres of the National Health System the outpatients’ departments of the hospitals.
- the outpatients’ departments of the hospitals.
If you are a Schengen Area citizen or resident, see more info on the EHIC here.
If your country of origin is not an EU member-state, make sure you have consulted your social security agency for information before travelling.
Emergency numbers
– FIRST AID NATIONAL HOSPITAL (Ambulances): 127
– HOSPITAL EMERGENCY NUMBER (QSUT) : 112
– FIRE AUTHORITY: 128
– POLICE: 129
– TIRANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT “Nënë Tereza” +355 4 2381 800
– LOST AND FOUND LUGGAGE AT THE AIRPORT +355 4 2381 681 +355 69 20 66626