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From Kasserine or Sbeitla, medical transport to Sfax, the Sahel, Kairouan or Tunis may take several hours by road. Here are indicative times, regional hospitals and how to prepare a long journey inland.
Badr Eddine Aloui Hospital in Kasserine and the hospital facility in Sbeitla may be pickup points or destinations. Depending on clinical needs and available services, a transfer may be arranged to Kasserine, Sfax or the Sahel. The receiving ward must confirm acceptance before departure. From Sbeitla, Kasserine is about 35 minutes by road.
These estimates exclude stops. Allow longer for a patient lying down or if breaks are needed.
Kasserine lies at the foot of Mount Chambi, Tunisia's highest peak. Winters are harsher than on the coast, and snow sometimes affects the heights around Thala. Where possible, depart in daylight and provide warm coverings for the patient. In summer, the steppe heat favours early morning departures.
Gafsa-Ksar Airport is about 115 km from Kasserine, approximately 1 h 50 by road, but its flight services are limited. For repatriation, choose the airport according to the booked flight: Monastir Habib Bourguiba (about 3 h 05 by road), Tunis-Carthage (about 4 h 15 by road) or Sfax-Thyna depending on the airline. Provide the check-in time to calculate departure. See airport ambulance transfers.
With the family, gather:
After hospitalisation in the Sahel or Sfax, prepare for the return home: a ready bed, clear access and someone present. See long-distance medical transport.
Requests from rural areas around Thala, Feriana and Sbiba are assessed according to access conditions. For a house at the end of an unpaved track, share a location and known landmark. After heavy rain, some tracks become difficult; the crew may agree on a meeting point on the nearest paved road with the family.
Call EMS on +216 48 024 000 or message via WhatsApp, 24/7, providing the delegation and pickup address, receiving facility and ward, date and required arrival time, patient position, oxygen needs and any planned return journey. A coordinator calls back within 10 minutes. A quote is provided before confirmation. See ambulance in Sidi Bouzid and Kasserine and request a quote.
For life-threatening emergencies, call SAMU first on 190. EMS is a private medical transport service and does not replace public emergency services.
In a life-threatening emergency or an acute deterioration, contact the competent public emergency services immediately. A request sent by form or WhatsApp does not confirm a transport booking.
Yes, after the sending team decides on transfer and the receiving facility accepts. Sfax is about 3 h 05 by road via RN13; Sousse about 3 hours via Sbeitla and Kairouan.
It depends on the booked flight. Gafsa-Ksar is about 1 h 50 by road but has limited services; Monastir and Tunis-Carthage are other options.
Yes. It depends on the required specialty, available services and receiving facility acceptance, with possible destinations including Kasserine, Sfax or the Sahel.
Requests are assessed according to access. For a home reached by an unpaved track, share a location and known landmark.
About 270 km and 4 h 15 by road, excluding breaks. Plan an early departure for a morning appointment and mention any return journey.
Call SAMU first on 190. EMS does not replace public emergency services.
Sidi Bouzid and Kasserine, in the heart of Tunisia’s Centre-West, are linked by a road that runs through Sbeitla and follows the RN13 for most of the way. From these two inland governorates, almost every patient transfer is a journey of several hours: to Sfax, the Sahel, Kairouan or Tunis. Based in Monastir, the EMS team regularly operates in the region, 24/7, handling transfers between hospitals, returns home and journeys to and from the airports.
Find out more02A journey between two regions is not organised like a trip across town: the duration, any stops and the patient's comfort weigh as heavily as the route itself. EMS prepares these transports case by case.
Find out more03When a patient has a flight to catch or has just landed, the ground leg has to be coordinated precisely with the flight schedule. EMS handles that link between the airport, the care facility and the address concerned.
Find out more04There is no single rate for medical transport. The price is built from the actual journey and the resources it requires, which is why we produce a quote for every request.
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