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Monastir is the city where EMS Ambulance is based. Journeys often involve Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Skanes hotels, the airport and other towns in the governorate. Here is how to prepare private ambulance transport to or from Monastir.
EMS coordinates transport in Monastir day and night, subject to availability: around the medina, Ribat corniche, Skanes road and university hospital buildings. Journeys to Sousse, Mahdia, Tunis and Sfax are also arranged. See Monastir ambulance.
The hospital receives patients from across the Sahel. Specify the exact ward, building, floor, admission time and a ward contact if possible. For discharge, consultations or treatment sessions, provide the required arrival time. Medical reports and prescriptions are shared directly with responsible professionals, never via public forms.
Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport is in Skanes, less than 10 km from the city centre, about 15 minutes by road according to EMS site estimates. It also serves travellers from Sousse and Port El Kantaoui. For departure, provide airline, flight number and check-in deadline. For Skanes hotels, provide exact hotel name, building or room and reception contact. See airport ambulance transfer.
Some medina lanes are too narrow for an ambulance to reach the door. Describe walking distance, steps, floor, staircase and lift. The accessible pickup point and transfer equipment are assessed before confirmation. Summer traffic around the corniche, marina and Skanes road may extend journey times.
EMS website estimates, depending on traffic, season and breaks:
For appointments or flights, departure is planned backwards from required arrival. See long-distance transport.
Monastir Governorate has 13 delegations including Ksibet el Mediouni, Teboulba, Sayada-Lamta-Bou Hajar, Jemmal, Zeramdine and Beni Hassen. Haj Ali Soua Regional Hospital is in Ksar Hellal. The Sahel metro is unsuitable for a patient who must lie down, needs oxygen or cannot remain seated; medical transport can be assessed. See service areas.
Call EMS on +216 48 024 000 or WhatsApp, 24/7. Provide pickup address, destination, date, required arrival time, patient mobility and escort needs. If requested from a hotel or abroad, give a local contact. A coordinator calls back within 10 minutes and provides a quote before confirmation. See quote, Sousse ambulance and Mahdia ambulance.
EMS is a private medical transport service and does not replace public emergency services. For life-threatening emergencies call SAMU first on 190.
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.
It depends on the lane. Describe access, steps, floor and staircase for assessment.
Provide airline, flight, landing time and destination, allowing for checks and baggage.
Less than 10 km, about 15 minutes by road according to EMS estimates.
Yes, subject to availability. Estimates: about 1 h 50 by road to Sfax and 2 hours to Tunis, excluding breaks.
Requests across the governorate are assessed subject to availability.
Exact hotel, room, reception contact, passport, useful documents and assistance reference if relevant. Medical documents go directly to the team.
Not for a patient lying down, on oxygen or unable to sit.
Call +216 48 024 000 or use WhatsApp. A quote is provided before confirmation.
For EMS, Monastir is not just one destination among many: it is the city where the team is based, at Office 10 in the Mzali Innovation building, 19 rue Abou Bakr Essedik. Most of our transports start or finish here, somewhere between Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, the hotels of Skanes, the airport and the towns of the governorate. This page gathers what you need to know to prepare a private ambulance journey from or to Monastir.
Find out more02When 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 more03Sousse brings together two university hospitals, a strip of hotels running all the way to Port El Kantaoui and a medina listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: three settings with very different access constraints. Based in Monastir, the EMS team works regularly in Sousse and the surrounding towns, from Hammam Sousse to Kalâa Kebira, carrying out transfers between facilities, returns home and journeys to the airport.
Find out more04Mahdia is at once a fortified peninsula and a seaside resort: a compact medina behind the Skifa El Kahla gate, a resort area running north along the beach and, all around, a governorate of olive groves stretching as far as El Jem and Chebba. From its base in Monastir, EMS arranges journeys from here to Tahar Sfar University Hospital (CHU Tahar Sfar), the hospitals of the Sahel, the airport or a home address.
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