Emergency numbers
Police, ambulance and hospital emergency lines confirmed on government and operator pages, each with its source and date. Includes the numbers known not to answer.
Every number below was read from a government or operator page, and each row shows its source. Nothing comes from aggregator sites. A number we could not confirm is not listed at all.
Call these first
999/ 112
The only general emergency lines confirmed on a government page today.
Line 1 of the Force's table "UGANDA POLICE EMERGENCY TOLL FREE NUMBERS".
0800 211 088
A working medical dispatch line. Its ambulances sit on major highways.
Toll free of its "First Aid & Ambulances Services": ambulances "located on major highways", equipped for "Road Traffic accidents and emergencies".
Every number we could confirm
Answers means confirmed on the operator's site or a government publication, with nothing to suggest it stopped answering. Dated means published by government but old. Not working means published somewhere, and known not to answer.
+256-414675065
AnswersMulago National Referral Hospital
Labelled "Medical Emergency" in the hospital's own contact block.
0800199399
DatedUganda Police Force
"NATIONAL EMERGENCY CALL CENTER POLICE HEADQUARTERS", line 2 of the same table.
0800 111044
DatedKampala Capital City Authority
"KCCA AMBULANCES", under OTHER AGENCIES on the same police page. KCCA's own site does not repeat the number today.
912 does not answer
Not workingYou may have heard of 912 as an ambulance number. It does not answer. The Ministry of Health policy quoted below says it "has not been functionalized".
“The EMS survey 2018 found that there is no national lead agency to coordinate emergency medical services and that a toll-free number 912 allocated by Uganda Communications Commission has not been functionalized.”National Emergency Medical Services Policy, Ministry of Health, 2021, page 2
Ring 999 or 112 for a police-coordinated response, or the Uganda Red Cross on 0800 211 088.
Why some numbers are missing
Aggregator numbers stay out entirely, even when they look official, because aggregators repeat placeholders. So do office lines and unit desks. An unconfirmed number printed beside a warning is still a wrong number for somebody in trouble.