Emergency Numbers and Hospitals in North Cyprus (2026)

The single most important thing on this page: in North Cyprus, 112 is the ambulance line only — it is not the all-in-one EU emergency number you may be used to. Police is 155, fire is 199, as of 2026 per the TRNC Police. Screenshot the table below before you travel; everything else here — hospitals, pharmacies, insurance — is detail you will hopefully never need.

What are the emergency numbers in North Cyprus?

The TRNC emergency numbers, from the official police site, as of 2026:

Number	Service
155	Police
112	Ambulance (medical only — NOT police)
199	Fire
158	Coast guard
177	Forest fire
156	Narcotics police

The 112 habit is the one that catches EU visitors: dialling it after a traffic incident gets you a paramedic, not an officer — for anything involving police attendance, 155 is always the number. The same numbers and the road-rule context appear in our North Cyprus driving rules guide, which is worth ten minutes before your first drive.

When do 158 and 177 matter to a tourist?

More often than the labels suggest, given where visitors spend their time. 158 (coast guard) is the number for anything at sea or off the beach — a swimmer in trouble, a drifting inflatable, a boat incident off Long Beach or the Famagusta coast. 177 (forest fire) matters because North Cyprus summers are long and dry: if you see smoke in scrubland or forest, especially out toward the Karpaz, report it on 177 rather than assuming someone else has. Neither replaces 112 for injuries — call both services when a situation involves casualties and water or fire.

What to save before you travel

A two-minute setup that covers every scenario on this page:

• The three core numbers — 155 / 112 / 199 — plus 158 if your holiday is beach-based.
• The 24/7 private hospital line for your area: 0392 444 11 33 (Famagusta) or +90 392 371 37 90 (İskele/Long Beach).
• Your travel insurer’s emergency assistance line, from the policy document.
• The KTEB on-duty pharmacy page (kteb.org) bookmarked.
• Your rental company’s contact number — it is printed on the rental agreement, so photograph the agreement at handover.

Which hospitals serve Famagusta and Long Beach?

The Famagusta–İskele corridor where most visitors stay has one state hospital and two 24/7 private options, as of 2026:

Hospital	Type	Where	Emergency line
Gazimağusa State Hospital	State	Famagusta	via 112
Mağusa Yaşam Hastanesi	Private, 24/7	Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvarı, Famagusta	0392 444 11 33
Long Beach Medical Center	Private, 24/7 emergency + own ambulance	Şht. İlker Karter Cad. 38/B, İskele	+90 392 371 37 90

Two practical notes. First, İskele has no state hospital — if you are based at Long Beach, the Long Beach Medical Center is the nearest 24/7 emergency room, and it operates its own ambulance. Second, for non-urgent care, the private hospitals are where visitors usually end up — both serve international patients, so ask for an itemised invoice for your travel insurer.

How does the on-duty pharmacy (nöbetçi) system work?

Outside normal shop hours, every district — including Gazimağusa, İskele and the Karpaz — has a rotating on-duty pharmacy (nöbetçi eczane), published daily by the Cyprus Turkish Pharmacists Association (KTEB) at kteb.org, with duty typically running until around midnight, as of 2026. The routine when you need medicine at 21:30:

1. Open the KTEB daily list and pick your district.
2. Drive or taxi to the listed pharmacy — there is always at least one per district per night.
3. After the duty window closes, hospital emergency departments cover genuinely urgent needs.

Worth knowing: pharmacies here handle a broader first-line role than in much of Europe — for minor complaints, a pharmacist consultation is the normal first stop before a doctor. Long-stay visitors and winter residents quickly learn their neighbourhood rota; if that is your situation, our long-term car rental page covers the month-plus mobility side of settling in.

Is EHIC valid in North Cyprus?

No — the European Health Insurance Card is not valid in northern Cyprus, per the European Commission’s own EHIC guidance, as of 2026. EHIC covers you in the Republic of Cyprus (south) only; north of the line you are a private patient. The practical consequence is simple: take out private travel insurance that explicitly covers North Cyprus, and check the territorial wording — policies written as “Cyprus” sometimes mirror the EHIC boundary. Keep your insurer’s emergency line saved next to the local numbers above, and keep every hospital and pharmacy invoice — claims here are paid-then-reimbursed, so the paperwork is the claim.

Practical health notes for visitors

• Pharmacy first for minor issues — faster and cheaper than a hospital visit, and pharmacists will redirect you if it is beyond them.
• Private hospitals for speed — for a tourist with insurance, the 24/7 private emergency rooms above are the low-friction route.
• Carry your documents — passport and insurance details speed up admission at any hospital.
• Sun and hydration — the boring classics, not anything exotic, drive most holiday health complaints; the summer sun here is fierce, so treat water and shade as part of the day’s plan.

This page covers health and emergency services only; if the emergency involves your rental car — collision, breakdown, parked-car damage — the sequence of calls and photos is its own topic, covered step by step in the rental car accident procedure guide. For the car side of any incident, one sentence suffices: call Kipra Rent A Car — the Famagusta-based local rental company — on +90 546 996 1004 (phone and WhatsApp, the same number printed on your rental agreement).

Two adjacent reads: travellers with reduced mobility get an honest picture of hospital and city access in the accessible travel guide for North Cyprus, and pharmacy and bank closures around the bayrams follow the 2026 public holiday calendar — worth a glance before a holiday-week trip. The rest of arrival day lives in the first-time visitor’s guide.

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