Emergencies in Girona

Good to Know

• 112 is free from any phone in Girona (and all of Spain/EU) and works even with a foreign SIM, no credit, or no signal from your own network.
• You don't need to figure out which specific police force to call — dial 112 and the operator routes your call to the right service, whether that's the Mossos d'Esquadra, Bombers (fire), or medical emergency teams.
• In Catalonia (including Girona), day-to-day policing is mostly handled by the Mossos d'Esquadra (088) rather than the Guardia Civil or Policía Nacional, which is different from many other Spanish regions.
• AlertCops is worth installing before you need it — the SOS and chat features are especially useful if you don't feel confident speaking Spanish or Catalan on the phone during a stressful moment.
• If you're deaf, hard of hearing, or in a situation where speaking aloud isn't safe, you can text 679 436 200 or use AlertCops' chat function instead of calling.
• For life-threatening emergencies in Girona, call 112 (the pan-European emergency number) rather than going directly to a hospital — they will dispatch an ambulance and route you to the right facility.
• Hospital Trueta is the main referral center for serious trauma, stroke, heart attack, and sepsis for the whole Girona health region, so it tends to be busier and handles the most complex cases.
• Hospital Santa Caterina sits just across the river in Salt (technically a separate municipality but effectively contiguous with Girona) — worth knowing so you head to the right side of the city in an emergency.
• As an EU citizen with an EHIC or a nomad with Spanish private/public insurance, treatment at either public hospital's ER is typically free or low-cost; non-EU visitors without insurance should expect to be billed and should carry travel insurance.