A medical emergency is an acute injury or illness that poses an immediate risk to a person’s life or long-term health. Please attend to the emergency department at Helios hospital in case of the following:

• Bleeding that does not stop
• Breathing problems (difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath)
• Change in mental status (unusual behaviour, confusion, difficulty arousing)
• Chest pain
• Choking
• Coughing up or vomiting blood
• Fainting or loss of consciousness
• Feelings of committing suicide or murder
• Head or spine injury
• Severe or persistent vomiting or loose stools
• Injury due to a motor vehicle accident, burns or smoke inhalation, near drowning, etc
• Sudden & severe pain
• Sudden dizziness, weakness, or change in vision
• Poisoning
• Abdominal pain
• Snake bite/ Scorpion bite