Ambulance or emergency involving a threat to life
For serious illness, major injury or an accident requiring urgent medical response.
112Visitor safety in Gozo
Emergency contacts in Gozo
Essential numbers and official services for visitors who need urgent medical help, police assistance, welfare support or consular guidance while on the island.
If someone is in immediate danger, seriously ill or injured, missing at sea or there is a fire or serious accident, call Malta’s emergency services now. Calls are free and 112 can be called without a SIM card.
Call 112Useful numbers and official contacts
Malta’s international dialling code is +356. For any immediate threat to life or safety, use 112 rather than calling an individual hospital, police station or support service.
Medical help
Gozo General Hospital
Arċisqof Pietru Pace Street, Victoria, VCT 2520. For general hospital enquiries; use 112 for an ambulance.
+356 2344 6000 Official hospital contact page →Medical assistance for a routine concern
National medical advice available 24 hours a day for a health concern that does not immediately threaten life.
1400 Malta health services →Malta National Poison Centre
Advice following suspected poisoning or harmful exposure. If the person is unconscious, struggling to breathe or seriously unwell, call 112 immediately.
1774 Official health information →Police and public safety
Emergency police assistance
For violence, immediate danger, a crime in progress, a serious collision or a missing person at risk.
112 When to use 112 →Police line for routine matters
For police assistance where nobody is in immediate danger or to verify a call claiming to be from Malta Police.
119Victoria Police Station, main Gozo station
133 Republic Street, Victoria, VCT 1015. Open 24 hours.
+356 2294 4200 Police stations in Gozo →Mġarr Police Station
Xatt Street, Mġarr, near Gozo’s ferry harbour.
+356 2294 4306Marsalforn Police Station
35 Marina Street, Marsalforn.
+356 2155 6415Mental health, abuse and crisis support
Mental Health Assistance
Malta’s mental health support line is available 24 hours a day. If there is an immediate risk of harm, call 112.
1579 Official health helplines →Supportline 179
Free and confidential support available 24 hours a day for domestic violence, child or adult abuse, homelessness, addiction and other social crises.
179 Supportline information and chat →Victim support
European helpline for victims of crime. Use 112 when the danger or incident is immediate.
116 006Accessibility and consular help
Emergency textphone
Malta Police’s emergency textphone service for people with a hearing or speech impairment.
+356 7977 0112 Official accessibility information →Lost or stolen passport
Report theft to the police, then contact your own embassy, high commission or consulate. Keep the police report number for your insurer and travel document application.
Foreign diplomatic representations in Malta →Remote police report
For an incident that is not urgent, has already happened and presents no immediate threat.
Request a remote police report →What to tell the emergency operator
1. Say which service you need: ambulance, police, fire or rescue.
2. Give your exact location, village, road, nearby landmark or live map location.
3. Explain what happened, how many people are affected and whether anyone is unconscious, bleeding, trapped or in immediate danger.
4. Give your telephone number, follow the operator’s instructions and do not end the call until told to do so.
Visitors seeking medical care should take their passport or identity document, EHIC or GHIC where applicable, travel insurance details and a list of medicines or allergies if safely available.
Information checked against official Maltese sources on 23 July 2026. Telephone numbers and service arrangements can change. In any immediate emergency or situation that threatens life, call 112.