ALL ABOUT PARMA - IN ENGLISH!

Parma mia! is a blog for ex-pats and English-language speakers in Parma as well as for tourists who want to learn more. We've got lots of tips and tidbits to share: where to buy your foreign foods, favorite restaurants, what's on for kids during the weekends, local agricultural fairs, where you can find a babysitter or chiropractor and hints on how to make it through the bureaucratic maze that is Italy (see tabs below). This forum is for you: please share your ideas/events with us at parmamia@gmail.com or on FB at Parma Mia.

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Health - Safety

You can download apps that will send you alerts from the Mayor's Office (school closures, earthquake info etc) here: http://www.comune.parma.it/comune/alert-system-app.aspx


If you need assistance working your way through the AUSL/medical i.d. card/private/public health care issues, feel free to email us here or - better yet - send a message on Facebook (Parma Mia).

1. A few useful safety numbers (that you may record in your cell phone)

Vigili Del Fuoco/Fire Department                                115
Pronto Soccorso/Health Emergencies-Ambulance       118
Polizia/Police                                                                113
Carabinieri/Police (State)                                             112

Guardia Medica (Doctors on Call in Parma): tel.0521 292555
This is useful for late night emergencies; weekend emergencies; or in any moment that you can't contact your doctor. However, for pediatric emergencies, children must be brought to the hospital directly unless your doctor tells you otherwise.

Website.

Ospedale Maggiore

Pediatric Ward Ospedale Maggiore:
New Padiglione/Building Pediatria tel. 0521.702275. You can enter from via Abbeveratoia.

Pediatric Emergencies Ospedale Maggiore:
Pronto soccorso OR Accettazione pediatrica (ground floor, Pediatric Building). You can enter from via Abbeveratoia.

Most pediatric emergencies will be treated in the Pediatric Ward, and not Urgent Care. However, head injuries or life-threatening conditions may be required to go to the Emergency Room first.

AUSL Parma (Public Health Department): tel. 0521 393111

Centro Antiveleni (Poison Control Center) Bologna: tel. 051 333333





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