Emergencies in Córdoba

Good to Know

• Dial 911 first in Córdoba for any life-threatening emergency — it connects to a police call center that dispatches police, fire, or ambulance as needed.
• Córdoba is one of the few provinces (along with Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego, and Jujuy) where dialing 107 connects you directly to the government SAME ambulance service, rather than routing only through 911.
• All emergency numbers (911, 101, 107, 100, 103) are free to call from any phone, including mobiles with no credit and public payphones.
• Emergency operators in Córdoba primarily speak Spanish; the 0800 999 5000 tourist line offers some non-Spanish support if you're struggling to communicate during a crisis.
• Save the key numbers (911, 107, 101, 100, 103, and the tourist line) in your phone before you need them, since Argentina doesn't have a single unified emergency app you can rely on instead.
• Public hospitals (Hospital Municipal de Urgencias, Hospital Córdoba, and the neighborhood 'pronta atención' hospitals) provide free, walk-in emergency care to anyone, including foreigners, with no appointment needed for the guardia/ER — but expect longer waits for non-critical cases since serious trauma is prioritized.
• Private hospitals (Hospital Privado and its Núñez branch) generally expect payment or proof of travel/health insurance up front from foreign patients, though they will stabilize true emergencies regardless.
• For ambulance dispatch to the nearest public hospital, the emergency number is 107 (SUEM); for police, 101; for general emergencies, 911 is also used in Córdoba province.
• Argentina does not use the US-style 'Level I/II/III trauma center' verification system, so no hospital in Córdoba carries an official numeric trauma-level designation — HMU and Hospital Córdoba are simply the facilities that function as the city's main high-complexity/trauma referral points.