Emergency telephone numbers (operators usually speak basic English):

Ambulance: 144
Police: 117
Fire brigade: 118

If you need medical attention, there are two medical centres for emergency consultations, one is Permanence at the main railway station just next to the taxi stand towards Bahnhofstrasse, where you just pull a ticket and wait your turn (+41 44 215 44 44, Bahnhofplatz 15 ,open 07:00 – 22:00), the other mediX, just across the road from the tram stop Stauffacher (+41 44 298 50 50, Badenerstrasse 41, open 07:00 – 21:00, Sun 08:00 – 18:00). Zurich has three public hospitals with emergency units which are open 24 hours a day for urgent matters. You can just walk in, service is good, but expect to wait: