Paris Emergency And Communications

Ambulance (SAMU), ☎15.
Fire, ☎18.
Poison, ☎01 40 05 48 48. In French, but some English assistance is available.
Police, ☎17. For emergencies only.
Rape: SOS Viol (☎08 00 05 95 95). Open M-F 10am-7pm.
SOS Help!, ☎01 46 21 46 46. An anonymous, confidential hotline for English speakers in crisis. Open daily (including holidays) 3-11pm.

American Hospital of Paris, 63 bd. Hugo, Neuilly (☎01 46 41 25 25). Port Maillot, then bus #82 to the end of the line.
Hôpital Bichat, 46 rue Henri Buchard, 18 ème (☎01 40 25 80 80). Port St-Ouen. Emergency services.
Hertford British Hospital (Hôpital Franco-Britannique de Paris), 3 rue Barbès, in the Parisian suburb of Levallois-Perret (☎01 46 39 22 22). Anatole France.

AIDES, ☎0 800 84 08 00. Open 24hr.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), ☎01 43 25 75 00; www.aaparis.org. Holds both English and French meetings.
Free Anglo-American Counseling Treatment and Support (FACTS), HIV/AIDS information line ☎01 44 93 16 69. Open M-F 11am-2pm.
HIV, 43 rue de Valois, 1er (☎01 42 61 30 04). Palais-Royal or Bourse. Open M-W 9am-5pm. HIV testing at 218 rue de Belleville, 20 ème (☎01 40 33 52 00). Télégraphe. Open M-F 1-6pm. 3-5, rue de Ridder, 14 ème (☎01 58 14 30 30). Plaisance. Testing M-F noon-6:30pm, Sa 9:30am-noon.
International Counseling Service (ICS), ☎01 45 50 26 49. Open M-F 8am-8pm, Sa 8am-2pm.
SOS Crisis Help Line Friendship, ☎01 46 21 46 46. English spoken. Open M-F 3-11pm.

There are several post offices in each arrondissement. Most open at 8am and close at 7pm on weekdays; on Saturday they are open from 8am-noon.

Federal Express, ☎0820 123 800. Call for pick up. Or, drop off at 63 bd. Haussmann, 8 ème . Havre-Caumartin. Open M-F 9am-7:30pm, Sa 9am-5:30pm.
Poste du Louvre, 52 rue du Louvre, 1er (postal info ☎01 40 28 20 40). Louvre. Open 24hr.

Pharmacie des Halles, 10, bd. de Sébastopol, 1er (☎01 42 72 03 23). Châtelet-Les Halles. Open M-Sa 9am-midnight, Su 9am-10pm.
Pharmacie Beaubourg, 50 rue Rambuteau, 3 ème (☎01 48 87 86 37). Rambuteau. Open M-Sa 8am-8pm, Su 10am-8pm. MC/V
Pharmacie Gacha, 361 rue des Pyrénées, 20 ème (☎01 46 36 59 10). Pyrénées or Jourdain. Open M-F 9am-8pm, Sa 9am-7pm.