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Sousse is a hospital transport hub. Here are indicative driving times from central Sousse and the details needed for a journey to another city.
Indicative times excluding congestion and breaks:
Patients lying down may require smooth driving and breaks.
The A1 bypasses Sousse to the west and links Enfidha, Tunis and Sfax. The RN1 passes Hammam Sousse to the north, then Messaadine and Msaken to the south. Route choice depends on traffic and pickup.
Plan backwards from the required arrival time and confirm discharge and documents with the sending hospital. Provide:
Plan the return from Tunis, Sfax, Kairouan or Mahdia as soon as discharge is known. See Kairouan, Mahdia, Monastir, Sfax and Tunis ambulance pages.
Call EMS on +216 48 024 000 or WhatsApp, 24/7. A coordinator calls back within 10 minutes to assess feasibility and appropriate transport. A quote is provided before confirmation. See long-distance transport, Sousse ambulance and quote.
For life-threatening emergencies call SAMU on 190 first. EMS 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.
About 1 h 45 excluding traffic and breaks; indicative only.
About 1 h 30 to 1 h 45 via A1.
About 1 hour each; Kairouan via RN12.
Based on required arrival and confirmed hospital discharge.
Call SAMU on 190 first.
Sousse 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 more02Kairouan is an inland city, with no coastline and no airport of its own, about an hour by road from Sousse. Many of the patient transports here link the city of the Aghlabids with the university hospitals of the Sahel, Sfax or Tunis, and then bring patients back home. Based in Monastir, the EMS team works regularly in Kairouan and across its governorate on these planned journeys.
Find out more03Mahdia 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.
Find out more04A 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.
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