Out-of-hours service for children

Out-of-hours service for children

Out-of-hours service for children

Are you looking for a paediatrician who offers appointments outside normal working hours? We can help!

The Centre Médical Eaux-Vives, together with the Société Genevoise de Pédiatrie (SPG) and the Réseau des Pédiatres Genevois (RPG), offers out-of-hours consultations for children aged 0 to 18 on weekday evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Av. de la Gare-des-Eaux-vives 3

To make an appointment:

0844 022 022

+41 22 737 47 57

Book appointment online*

*A login is required to send you a booking confirmation and avoid you having to re-enter your personal details each time you make a booking.

For non-vital urgences

The out-of-hours service for children deals with situations requiring rapid diagnosis and treatment, as is the case with most childhood illnesses and minor accidents:

  • Fever
  • Vomiting
  • Urinary tract infection
  • A slight fall
  • Itchy skin
  • Flu
  • Heat rash
  • Measles
  • Chickenpox
  • Whooping cough
  • Mumps
  • Rubella

This list is not exhaustive.

However, if you are worried about your child's symptoms and would like an initial opinion, you can also call the medical assistants on 0844 022 022 or +41 22 737 47 57 They will advise you and direct you to the most appropriate medical facility depending on where you live, the seriousness of your child's symptoms and the availability of paediatricians on call.

In the event of a life-threatening emergency, please go directly to the paediatric emergency department of the Geneva Children's Hospital (HUG).

Opening hours

To make your day-to-day life easier, our out-of-hours service for children has very attractive opening hours, 7 days a week:

  • Every weekday evening from 19:00-22:00
  • Weekends and public holidays from 09:00-22:00.

Please note: bookings by telephone and online open 1 hour before the start of consultation times.

Location

The out-of-hours service for children organised by the Société Genevoise de Pédiatrie (SPG) and the Réseau des Pédiatres Genevois (RPG) allows you to make an appointment with a paediatrician on call at one of three sites in Geneva:

  • Left bank - Centre Médical Eaux-Vives, Av. de la Gare-des-Eaux-Vives 3
  • Right bank - Petit-Lancy paediatric ward
  • Centre- Hôpital de la Tour