Ireland - Tourist
Information -
Health, Hospitals and Pharmacies
Health
Visitors
to Ireland from other European Union or European Economic Area (EEA)
member states and Switzerland are entitled to free emergency health
services. You should bring your E1-11 form with you when you are
travelling to Ireland (unless you are from the UK where you should
carry evidence of UK residence).
Students from
EU/EEA countries or Switzerland are entitled to emergency services.
Other visitors
to Ireland are not entitled to free or subsidised public health
services except in cases of hardship. In general, if you have to
use health services, you must pay the full economic cost of those
services therefore it is important to make sure you are covered
by medical insurance.
Department
of Health and Children
Hospitals
If
you need an ambulance call 999 and give the operator a detailed
explanation of your location, and the nature of the emergency. This
is a free call from any public phone box.
Accident and
emergency departments at local hospitals will treat serious injury
and sudden illness. If it is not an emergency you should go to a
doctor. The following hospitals have 24-hour walk-in accident and
emergency departments.
Dublin
Beaumont
Hospital
Beaumont Road
Dublin 9
Tel: +353 1 809 2714
Website: Beaumont
Hospital
Adelaide & Meath Hospital
Tallaght
Dublin 24
Tel: +353 1 414 3500 (accident and emergency)
Website: Adelaide
and Meath Hospital
Saint Vincent's University Hospital
Elm Park
Dublin 6
Tel: +353 1 277 4000
Fax: +353 1 269 6018
Website: Adelaide
and Meath Hospital
Eye and Ear - Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
Adelaide Road
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 678 5500
Fax: +353 1 676 1858
Pharmacies
Regular business
hours for pharmacies are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday. Check
the Golden Pages for address details of pharmacies.
Hamilton
Long & Co.
5 Lower O'Connell Street
Tel: +353 1 874 1464
Dame
Street Pharmacy
16 Dame Street
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 670 4523
O'Connells
Pharmacies
21 Grafton Street
310 Harolds Cross
Dublin 6
Late
Night Pharmacies
There are no 24 hour pharmacies in Ireland, though your hotel should
be able to advise you where the nearest late night chemist is.
Dental
Treatment
Expect to pay
for any dental treatment up front in Ireland. Emergency dental care
covers immediate pain relief only. For dental emergencies contact
the Dublin Dental Hospital.
Dublin Dental Hospital
Lincoln Place
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 612 7200
Fax: +353 1 671 1255
Email: info@dental.tcd.ie
Useful
Links
Irish
Medical Directory
