IPCS directory of poison centres: Eastern Mediterranean Region

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EGYPT

Alexandria
Alexandria Poisons Centre
Faculty of Medicine
Alexandria University
Alexandria 21111
Director: Professor Dr Amal Mashali
Telephone: +20 3 4862244, +20 3 5467535
Fax: +20 3 4873076
E-mail: amal1@dataxprs.com.eg

Cairo
Poisons Control Centre
Ain Shams University Hospitals
Abbassia
Cairo
Director: Professor Hany Gamaluddin
Telephone: +20 2 6840902
Emergency telephone: +20 2 6840902
Fax: +20 2 683 6674
E-mail: pcc_cairo@yahoo.com

IRAN

Mashad
Poisons Control Centre
Imam Reza Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences
P.O. Box 348
Mashad 91735
Director: Professor M. Balali-Mood
Telephone: +98 51 859 8973
Emergency telephone: +98 91 1515 7000
Fax: +98 51 859 3038 or +98 51 861 3714
E-mail: mbalalimood@hotmail.com

Tehran
Tehran Drug and Poisons Information Centre
No. 57, Fakhr-E-Razi St.,
Enghelab Ave.
3rd Building of MOH
PO Box 13145-719
Tehran
Director: Professor Mohammad Abdollahi and Dr Shekoufeh Nikfar
Telephone: +98 21 6419306, +98 21 6405569
Emergency telephone: +98 21 6419306, +98 21 6405569
Fax: +98 21 6417252
E-mail: mabdol@hbi.dmr.or.ir, snikfar@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.hbi.dmr.or.ir/hosting/en_med_center.htm

KUWAIT

Safat
Drug Poison Information Department
Amiri Hospital, P.O. Box 4077
Safat
Director: O.S. Al-Bahr
Telephone: +965 246 8537 / 241 8165
Fax: +965 241 8165
E-mail: ohoudshamlan@usa.net

MOROCCO

Rabat
Centre Anti-Poisons du Maroc et de Pharmacovigilance
Rue Lamfedel Cherkaoui
Rabat Instituts Madinate Al Irfane
BP 769
Rabat 11400
Director: Dr Rachida Soulaymani Bencheikh
Telephone: +212 (0)37 68 64 64
Emergency telephone: +212 (0)37 68 64 64
Fax: +212 (0)37 77 01 37
E-mail: rtcapmaroc@hotmail.com
Web site: http://www.sante.gov.ma/

OMAN (SULTANATE OF)

Muscat
Poison Control Centre
Directorate of Environmental Health & Malaria Eradication
Ministry of Health
P.O. Box 393 Muscat P.C. 113
Director: Dr SB Lall
Telephone: +968 562898, +968 566510
Fax: +968 563121, +968 566510
E-mail Addresses: dehme@mail.com, enmal898@omantel.net.om

PAKISTAN

Faisalabad
Provincial Poison Control Centre
Medical Unit one
Allied Hospital
Faisalabad
Punjab Province
Coordinator: Dr Khurram Sohail Raja
E-mail: mailto:%20khurramraja@myrealbox.com

Karachi
National Poisons Control Centre
Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre
Karachi 75510
Director: Dr Jamal Ara
Telephone: +92 21 9201345 / 6644979
Fax: +92 21 9201370
E-mail: drjamalasad@yahoo.com

SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh
Drug and Poisons Information Centre
Pharmacy Department
College of Medicine
King Khalid University Hospital
P.O. Box 7805
Riyadh 11472
Director: Dr Saddique
E-mail: zsaddiqu@ksu.edu.sa

SYRIA

Damascus
Syrian Poisons Information Centre
Directorate of Public Health
Ministry of Health
Damascus
Director: Dr Kinda Bakjaji
Telephone: +963 445 2155
E-mail: spic@net.sy

TUNISIA

Tunis
Centre Anti-Poisons de Tunis
Centre d'Aide Medicale Urgente
2 Rue Raspail
Montfleury
Tunis 1008
Telephone: +216 1 341665
Emergency telephone: +216 1 335500
Fax: +216 1 337000