🏥 Health
Emergency (ambulance, police, fire): 112.
Feeling unwell but it's not an emergency? Call SNS 24 on 808 24 24 24 for health advice, or use their website.
Register at the health centre (Centro de Saúde) for your area to get a número de utente, the number for the national health service (SNS).
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