Emergency numbers and help in Bangladesh

The number

Two things worth knowing in advance

• For a suspected heart attack, ask for a cardiac ambulance. It is a separate service and asking for the wrong one costs time.
• The Bangladesh Police Expatriate Help Cell offers services to foreign nationals, including dual nationals. It is a real point of contact and most visitors have never heard of it.

Before you need them

• Know your hospital before you need one, and have its address written in Bengali.
• Save your embassy's number offline, and remember that if you are of Bangladeshi origin the government here may treat you as its own citizen, which limits what a foreign consulate can do.