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Health & safety

While you're there

Emergency

Police Station (Commissariat de Police) 47 rue de la Charité, 2e (04 78 42 26 56; Perrache or Ampère); 5 place Sathonay, 1er (04 78 28 11 87; Hôtel de Ville)

SOS Médecins (04 78 83 51 51) Medical emergencies.

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Medical services

Hôpital Édouard Herriot (08 20 08 20 69; www.chu-lyon.fr in French; 5 place d’Arsonval, 3e; Grange Blanche) Has a 24-hour emergency room, 4km southeast of place Bellecour.

Maisons Médicales de Garde (04 72 33 00 33; 8pm-midnight Mon-Sat, 8pm-11pm Sun & holidays) Call for after-hours medical care.

Pharmacie Perret (04 78 93 70 96; 30 rue Duquesne, 6e; Foch; 24hr) Nonstop pharmacy.

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