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Important emergency & medical contacts

For non-urgent medical assistance, please call the student doctor and make an appointment.

Student doctor
Dr. De Ruijter and Dr. Vogelzang
Address: Weverstraat 1, 5612 CW Eindhoven
Tel: 040-2438215
Website: http://www.deruijtervogelzang.praktijkinfo.nl/

If you need a general practitioner (doctor) outside office hours, you should contact the Centrale Huisartsenpost - a cooperation between several doctors to provide care out of office hours care. 
Tell: 0900 – 8861
Address: Michelangelolaan 2, 5623 EJ Eindhoven

Pharmacies
Medicines prescribed by a doctor can be picked up at one of Eindhoven’s pharmacies (in Dutch: apotheek). The pharmacies are open from 08.30 to 18.00 hrs on working days. Details on out of hours pharmacies is available by telephoning your local pharmacy (usually a recorded message informs you which pharmacy in the area is open evenings and weekends).
You can also buy non-prescription medication (e.g. aspirin, paracetamol, etc)from drugstores (in Dutch: drogist) and supermarkets. The addresses of the various pharmacies can be found in the city guide under the heading ‘Medisch’.

Student dentist
Eindhoven has a special dentist’s practice for students (in Dutch:
studententandarts). You can make an appointment with the dentist (tandarts) by telephone between 09.00 and 12.30 hrs. Please check whether you are properly insured.
Name: ’Studententandarts’ Kliniek voor Mondzorg
Address: Botenlaan 82, 5652 CB Eindhoven
Tel: 040 - 2514527.

Hospitals
If you need a hospital emergency room, please go to the Catharina ziekenhuis:
Address: Michelangelolaan 2, 5623 EJ Eindhoven
Tel.:       0031 (0)40 - 2399111

The national emergency number 112 should only be used in cases of emergency. This connects you with the police, fire service or ambulance service.