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Tips For Living in the Country (Addressed To Citizens)

Addresses and figures of interest to citizens of the Gambia such as:

  1. Emergency numbers:
    • Ambulance: 16
    • Police: 117
    • Fire service: 118
  2. Telephone numbers for fire stations:
    • The numbers of the fire stations in Banjul and its suburbs: +2204495824/ +2204495415 / +2204224324 / +2204228211.

  3. Telephone numbers for government hospitals and private clinics in The Gambia:
    • Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul: +2204228224 / +2204226152/ +2204228225
    • MRC Hospital, Gambia branch: +2204224620, +2204497447, + 2204496095.
    • Bundung Mortal and Child Health hospital, +2209962974 / +2204377330
    • Fajikunda General Hospital: +2209781138

  4. Telephone numbers for major police stations in The Gambia:
    • Police hotline (24 hours) +2204-224914
    • Telephone number for the police station in the city of Serrekunda: +2204392208
    • Telephone number for police station in Kotu area: + 2204463351
    • Telephone number for the police station in Brikama: + 2204484733
    • Telephone number for the police station in Banjul: + 2204226561

  5. Qatar Airways:
    • Qatar Airways does not currently reach The Gambia.

Emergency Guidelines (Host Country):

No emergency number has been found to allow Qatari citizens visiting the Gambia to contact us to request local emergency services when needed.

The above guide phone lines include the environment, health and safety, and therefore it is the embassy's concern to work on the prevention of risks of any kind, and this is part of taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of embassy’s diplomats and local workers during working hours and nationals of Qatar if they are in the country from the risk of fire incidents, transmittable diseases and accidents.

The Embassy is working to get numbers of all Gambian security force managers, executive officials, embassies and consulates accredited to the Gambia with a view to contacting them if there is a need to protect our safety and safety of our family members and the safety of Qataris if they are in the country.

The Embassy would therefore wish to inform all Qataris present in the country to contact the Embassy  as soon as they arrive, and can communicate with us via the following numbers: + 2209666677 /+ 2202111118 /+2202222214.