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Emergency services in focus: Where you can help in Meißen, Riesa and Großenhain!
Find out everything about the emergency medical service in Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains from July 19th to 26th, 2025.
Emergency services in focus: Where you can help in Meißen, Riesa and Großenhain!
In the Meißen, Riesa and Großenhain region, it will be particularly important for citizens in the coming days to know the right contact points for health concerns. Starting today, July 19, 2025, patients in non-life-threatening cases can use the number 116117 choose to quickly receive the necessary medical help. This number is valid nationwide and provides information about on-call practices.
So if you have to deal with complaints on a weekend or on a public holiday that can't wait until the next working day, you're in good hands here. Also the website on-call practices.116117.de offers a valuable overview of the various practices in the area.
On-call practices in the area
In Meißen, the on-call practice at the Elbland Clinic is available to patients on weekends, public holidays and bridge days from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The address is Nassauweg 7. The Dresden University Hospital and the Dresden-Neustadt Clinic are also important contact points. The university clinic offers consultation hours on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on weekends from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., while the Dresden-Neustadt Clinic is open on weekends from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This information is also covered by the Weekly Courier away.
There are a variety of emergency dental services in the region that operate on different days. For Meißen and Coswig are from the 19th/20th. July the dental practices of Rainer Sporn and Dr. Heike Richter can be reached. On the 26th/27th In July, Inna Harzdorf takes over the practice in Coswig.
Pharmacies and emergency services
The pharmacies are also prepared for emergencies and offer their services on different days. For example, you can visit the Spitzgrund Pharmacy in Coswig on July 19th and the Mohren Pharmacy in Großenhain on July 20th. Here too it is worth making a note of the contacts:
| Date | Pharmacy | Location | phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 19th | Spitzgrund Pharmacy | Coswig | 03523 / 627622 |
| July 20th | Mohren Pharmacy | Großenhain | 03522 / 51170 |
| July 21st | Stadtwald Pharmacy | Meissen | 03521 / 450002 |
In addition, there is a small animal emergency service for animal emergencies at number:01805 84 37 36can be reached. The website vetnotdienst.de also provides useful information.
So that the doctors in the emergency rooms can concentrate on life-threatening cases, it is important to use the on-call service for non-acute complaints. Many people are unsure whether they really need to go to the emergency room or whether they should go there 116117 should consult. That should change – the nearby practices are easily accessible and available.
So if you know where the nearest practices are and which telephone numbers are the right ones, you can stay calmer in an emergency. It's always good to be able to count on support and medical help in the area.