Emergencies in Labuan Bajo

Good to Know

• 112 is free to call from any Indonesian mobile number, even with no credit or a locked SIM, and works nationwide including Labuan Bajo.
• Because Labuan Bajo is a smaller, remote gateway town rather than a major city, in-person response times for police/ambulance/fire can be slower than in Jakarta, Bali, or other big cities — for serious injuries, going directly to Siloam Hospitals Labuan Bajo or RSUD Komodo by taxi is often faster than waiting for an ambulance.
• If you're on a boat trip toward Komodo or Rinca and lose phone signal (common between islands), BASARNAS (115) and your operator's radio/satellite phone are the realistic emergency channels rather than 112.
• Save the direct hospital numbers (Siloam Hospitals Labuan Bajo, RSUD Komodo) in your phone before heading out on multi-day boat trips, since coverage at sea is patchy.
• Reported tourist-police contact numbers for Labuan Bajo vary between sources — double-check the current number with your hotel or tour operator on arrival rather than relying on one listing.
• Labuan Bajo has two main hospital options: the public RSUD Komodo (24-hour ER, Class C designation) and the private Siloam Hospitals Labuan Bajo (24/7 ER with ICU) — Siloam is generally reported to have more English-speaking staff for tourists.
• For serious trauma, major surgery, or specialist care beyond what a small regional hospital can provide, onward medical evacuation to Bali (Denpasar) or further afield is common practice — comprehensive travel/medical evacuation insurance is strongly advisable for nomads based here.
• Indonesia doesn't use the US-style Trauma Level I–IV system; RSUD Komodo instead carries a 'Kelas C' (Class C) government hospital classification, which is a general capability tier rather than a trauma-specific rating.