Colombia
What are emergency services like in Colombia?
When we asked members about emergency services in Colombia, they wrote...
"Emergency services in Colombia are generally reliable and efficient. In the event of an emergency, the best way to call for an ambulance is to dial 123, the national emergency number. This number is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ambulances are typically staffed with trained medical personnel and equipped with the necessary medical supplies to provide basic medical care. In addition, the ambulance service is often accompanied by a police escort to ensure the safety of the patient and medical personnel," said a member in Colombia.
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"Emergency services are pretty good. Better before COVID, of course. Before COVID the only Hospital that I would go to was private, MEDILASER is the nicest and is about 5 minutes from my house.All 3 Hospitals are within 12 minutes from any part of town. We call an ambulance the old fashioned way, with a telephone," remarked another expat who made the move to Florencia, Colombia.
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Betsy Burlingame is one of the founders of Digital Nomad Exchange and the Founder and President of Expat Exchange. She launched Expat Exchange in 1997 as her Master's thesis project at NYU. Prior to Expat Exchange and Digital Nomad Exchange, Betsy worked at AT&T in International
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