Emergency Care
In a life-threatening situation, come directly to YGOPH in Ngousso or call (+237) 670 607 278. Our emergency department and maternity never close, and every patient is assessed by a triage nurse on arrival so that the most serious cases are treated first.
When to come to the Emergency Department
Come to the emergency department for any serious or sudden problem affecting a woman, a pregnant mother, a baby, a child or an adult.
Our emergency physicians, nurses and specialists on call are ready to manage situations such as:
- Chest pain, difficulty breathing or loss of consciousness
- Convulsions, sudden weakness or difficulty speaking
- Heavy bleeding, serious injury or burns
- Severe abdominal pain or persistent vomiting
- High fever in a baby under three months
- A child who is very sleepy, cannot drink or breathes fast
- Vaginal bleeding, or loss of fluid before 37 weeks
- Severe headache, blurred vision or fits
- Regular painful contractions or a baby moving less than usual
- High fever or severe abdominal pain
Paediatric & obstetric emergencies
Paediatricians, obstetrician-gynaecologists and anaesthetists are on call around the clock, with direct access to the operating theatres, the neonatal and intensive care units, the laboratory, the blood bank and imaging. Life-saving care is never delayed for payment: formalities are completed at the emergency payment window alongside treatment.
Emergency department frequently asked questions
- National ID card and patient card, if you have one
- Health booklet, maternity booklet or child health booklet
- The list of medicines you take and any recent results
- Your insurance card, if applicable
- A triage nurse assesses your condition and decides on the level of priority
- Life-saving treatment starts immediately, before any formality
- The doctor examines you and may request tests, an ECG or imaging
- You go home, stay under observation or are admitted to a ward, theatre or intensive care
- One companion may stay with the patient, especially with a child
- Other relatives wait in the waiting area and are kept informed
- Please keep corridors free for stretchers and staff
- Care is not delayed for payment
- Pay at the emergency payment window, against an official receipt
- Never pay money directly to a member of staff
Contact the emergency department
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Phone: (+237) 670 607 278
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Email: contact@hgopy.cm
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Address: N° 1827, Rue 1564 Ngousso, Yaoundé 5th — Cameroon
CALL (+237) 670 607 278
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Obstetrics & MaternityINTENSIVE CARE
Anaesthesia & ICUMATERNITY EMERGENCIES
Bleeding, fits, severe headache, loss of fluid or reduced baby movements: come straight to the maternity, day or night.
MaternityCHILDREN'S EMERGENCIES
Difficulty breathing, convulsions, high fever in a young baby or a child who cannot drink: a paediatrician is on call.
PaediatricsINTENSIVE CARE
Critically ill mothers, newborns and children are stabilised and monitored by our anaesthesia and intensive care team.
Anaesthesia & ICUYour visit to the emergency department, step by step.
1. Arrival & triage
A nurse assesses your condition as soon as you arrive and decides on the level of priority.
2. First care
Life-saving treatment starts immediately, even before administrative formalities.
3. Examination & tests
The doctor examines you and may request laboratory tests, an ECG, X-rays, ultrasound or a CT scan.
4. Decision
You go home with a prescription, stay under observation, or are admitted to a ward, the theatre or intensive care.
Find Us
Emergency entrance – YGOPH, Ngousso
N° 1827, Rue 1564 Ngousso, Yaoundé 5th — Cameroon. The emergency entrance is signposted from the main gate and is open day and night.