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What should I do if I get sick in Korea?
Short answer
Call 119 for a medical emergency. For non-emergency care, find a nearby clinic and confirm its opening hours and language support before going.
E-Gen is mainly in Korean, and listed hours can change. Do not delay emergency help to use a travel guide.
E-Gen is mainly in Korean. Look for โ๋ณ์ ์ฐพ๊ธฐโ (find a hospital/clinic). If it opens an introduction page, use its hospital-search menu. Before visiting, ask about todayโs reception closing time, language support and appointments. If the site does not load or you need language help, show your accommodation staff: โ๊ทผ์ฒ ๋ณ์์ ์ฐพ๊ณ ์ค๋ ์ ์ ๊ฐ๋ฅํ์ง ์ ํ๋ก ํ์ธํด ์ฃผ์ธ์.โ (Please help me find a nearby clinic and call to check whether it can see me today.) For an emergency, call 119 without waiting for a search.
Practical next steps
- For non-emergency care, ask the clinic whether it can see you today, provide your needed language and accept a walk-in or appointment. Keep its address and reply.
- Bring identification and insurance details, and ask about payment documents. If it is a medical emergency, call 119 rather than waiting for a clinic reply.
Korean message to show or send
์ค๋ ์ง๋ฃ๊ฐ ๊ฐ๋ฅํ๊ฐ์? ์์ด๋ก ์๋ดํ ์ ์๋์? ์์ฝ๊ณผ ์ค๋นํ ์๋ฅ๋ฅผ ์๋ ค ์ฃผ์ธ์.
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What to do
- For an emergency, call 119 and give your location; ask someone nearby to help if needed.
- For other care, use E-Gen or ask your hotel to help find a clinic or pharmacy.
- Confirm opening hours, language support and appointment requirements; bring identity and insurance details.
If that doesn't work
- If you cannot use E-Gen because it is in Korean, call 1330 (Korea Travel Hotline) for interpretation or ask your hotel to call a clinic for you.
- If it becomes an emergency, call 119.
Check before relying on this
- E-Gen is mainly in Korean, and listed hours can change. Do not delay emergency help to use a travel guide.
- This guide does not diagnose symptoms or advise treatment.
Sources and provider examples
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