IPCS directory of poison
centres: Western Pacific Region
IPCS directory of poison
centres: Western Pacific Region
Select a country:
Australia
Cambodia
China
Japan
Malaysia
New
Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Brisbane
Queensland Poisons Information
Centre
Royal Children's Hospital
Herston Road
Brisbane
4029
Director: Mr Hugh Miller
Managers: Anita Champion / Carol
Wylie
Telephone: +61 7 3636 8510 (administration
only)
Emergency telephone: 13 11 26 (accessible
24 hours from anywhere in Australia)
Fax: +61 7
3252 1903
E-mail: poisons_info@health.qld.gov.au
Web
site: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/poisonsinformationcentre/
Canberra
ACT Poisons Information
Service
The Canberra Hospital
Yamba Drive
Garran 2605
Australian Capital Territory
Director: Mrs Morna
Falkland
Telephone: +61 6
2443333
Emergency telephone: 131 126 (24 hours,
accessible from anywhere in Australia)
Fax: +61
6 2443334
E-mail: actpic@act.gov.au
Melbourne
Poisons Information Centre
Royal
Children's Hospital
Flemington Road
Parkville
Victoria
3052
Manager: Mr Jeff Robinson
Telephone: +61
3 93455333
Emergency telephone: 131 126 (24
hours, accessible from anywhere in
Australia)
Fax: +61 3
93491261
E-mail: poison@crypyic.rch.unimelb.edu.au
Perth
WA Poisons Information Centre
Sir
Charles Gardner Hospital
Hospital Avenue
Nedlands
Western
Australia 6009
Director: Ms Cherry Alford
(Pharmacist-in-Charge)
Medical Director: Dr L.
Murray
Telephone: +61 8 9346
1943
Emergency telephone: 131 126 (24 hours,
accessible from anywhere in Australia)
Fax: +61
8 9346 3493
E-mail: Cherry.Alford@health.wa.gov.au
Sydney
New South Wales Poisons Information
Centre
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Locked Bag
4001
Westmead,
NSW 2145
Director: Ms J.
Kirby
Telephone: +61 2 9845
3599
Emergency telephone: 131 126 (Australia
only), +61 2 9845 3111
Fax: +61 2 9845
3597
E-mail: judithk@chw.edu.au
Phnom Penh
Poisons Centre
Calmette
Hospital
Phnom Penh
Telephone: +855 12 886
781
Fax: +855 23 427 792
Beijing
Center for Acute Poisoning
Control
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Chinese Centre for
Disease Control and Prevention
29 Nanwei Road
Beijing 100050
Director: Professor Shoulin Zhang
Telephone:
+86 10 63016891
Emergency telephone: +86 10
63131122
Fax: +86 10
63014323
E-mail: mailto:service@npcc.org.cn%20or%20pcc@public.bta.net.c
Web
site: http://npcc.org.cn/
Hong Kong
Drug and Poisons Information Hotline
The
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin
New Territories
Emergency telephone: +852
2635 1111 (NB 9.00 to 17.00 only)
Fax: +852 2145 7160
Web site: http://dpib.med.cuhk.edu.hk/
Osaka
Osaka Information Service
Branch
Japan Poison Information Center
c/o New Erimo
Bldg
2-2-1 Senba Nishi, Minoh City
Osaka 562-0036
Director:
Ms Yoko Endo
Telephone: +81 72 726 9925
(Japanese only)
Emergency telephone: 0990 50
2499 (24 hours) (Japanese only)
Fax: +81 72 726
9926 (Japanese or English)
Pharmacists receive telephone
enquiries. If there are difficult questions concerning treatment,
pharmacists consult supporting medical doctors who majored in
emergency medicine.
Tsukuba
Tsukuba Information Service Branch
Japan Poison Information Center
c/o Total Health Evaluation
Center
1-2 Amakubo
Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki
305-0005,
Japan
Director: Dr Yumiko Kuroki,
PhD
Telephone: +81 298 52 6399 (Japanese
only)
Emergency telephone: 0990 52 9899 (9 a.m.
to 9 p.m.) (Japanese only)
Fax: +81 298 54 7066
(Japanese or English)
Pharmacists receive telephone enquiries. If
there are difficult questions concerning treatment, pharmacists
could consult supporting medical doctors who majored in emergency
medicine.
Head Office, Japan Poison Information Center
c/o Total Health
Evaluation Center Tsukuba
1-2 Amakubo
Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki
300-005 Japan
Secretary General: Mr Kenji
Watanabe
Chairman (Board of Directors): Dr Yoshitaka Nakada, MD,
PhD
Executive Director: Dr Toshiharu Yoshioka, MD, PhD
Executive Director: Dr Noriyoshi Ohashi, MD
Telephone: +81 298 56 3566 (Japanese
only)
Fax: +81 298 56 3533 (Japanese or
English)
Penang
Pusat Racun Negara (National Poisons
Centre)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang 11800
Director:
Professor Rahmat Awang
Telephone: +60 (0)4
6570099
Emergency telephone: +60 800
8099
Fax: +60 4 6568417
E-mail:
rahmat@usm.my
Dunedin
National Poisons Centre
University
of Otago Medical School
P.O. BOX 913
Dunedin
Director: Dr
W. Temple
Telephone: +64 3 479
7248
24hr Emergency telephone (NZ only): 0800
POISONS / 0800 764 766
Fax: +64 3 477
0509
E-mail: poisons@otago.ac.nz
Web site: http://www.toxinz.com/ or http://www.otago.ac.nz/prevmed/npc.html
Manila
National Poison Control &
Information Service
University of the Philippines -
Manila
Ward 14-A Room 100, Philippine General Hospital
Taft
Avenue, Ermita, Manila 1000
Officer-in-Charge: Dr Lynn R.
Panganiban
Telephone: +632 521 8450 local 2311
Emergency telephone: +632 524 1078
Fax: +632 526 0062
E-mail:
npcis@pacific.net.ph
Drug & Poison Information Center
c/o Department of
Emergency Medicine
Singapore General Hospital
Outram
Road
Singapore 169608
Director: Dr
Ponampalam
Telephone: +65 6423
9119
Fax: +65 6324
2991
E-mail: gaedpic@sgh.com.sg
Hadong
Poison Control Centre (TT Phong chong
nhiem doc)
Hospital N.103
Hadong Town
Hatay
Province
Director: Professor Nguyen Bang
Quyen
Telephone: +84 4
7840452
Fax: +84 4 8686774
E-mail:
quyenlan@hn.vnn.vn
Hanoi
Poisons Control Centre
78 Giai Phong
Street
Bach Mai Hospital
Hanoi
Director: Professor
Nguyen Thi Du
Telephone: +84 4
8690330
Fax: +84 4 8686774
E-mail:
hscca9@fpt.vn