health care
The local hospital is known as "Spittaal," and is located in the southeastern part of the city. It can be reached using public transportation: busses 80 and 82 will take you here 83 also, takes a while longer in about 15 to 20 minutes from the railway station.The hospital offers all regular specialties no neurosurgery or cardiothoracic surgery and has an Emergency Department which is opened 24/7.All Dutch physicians speak English. For regular medical care which is not an emergency, you can also contact a regular family phyisician GP; there are numerous in Zutphen. Ask for phone numbers at your hotel or pension.The emergency number in the whole country is 112 for ambulance, police and fire department. The hospital's phone number is 0575-592592.
When you need a family physician outside of regular office hours, call the Central Family Physicians Center at 0900-2009000. The Center is located in the entrance building to the hospital and one or two family physicians are always on duty there from 17:00 to 8:00 and during weekends and holidays 24 hours a day. However, be sure to call ahead to arrange an appointment. The family physicians from the center also make home visits for those patients who are not sufficiently sick to require an ambulance, but cannot come to the Center themselves either.
