In case of emergency (serious attacks of illness, accidents or dangerous situations) the S.E.E (Emergency Health Service) is available twentyfour hours a day.  It can be contacted by phoning 118, and following the instructions given by the operator.

In all the main locations of the festivities, the PMA’s (Advanced Medical Points) will be in operation.  These are fixed or mobile structures which can be referred to for any problem connected with health.  Each PMA is composed of doctors and nurses with special expertise in handling emergency situations.  There will also be numerous teams of “health advisers” scattered among the crowds, with the aim of making the possibility of access to the system of protection and health assistance as widespread as possible.  Apart from intervening swiftly where there is a need, these teams will be in constant contact with the PMAs, and with the Operations Room, thus making the first aid service efficient and rapid.

 The pilgrim  accommodation sites are covered by continuous assistance for basic medicine.  Each day, twenty four hours a day, a pool of 300 doctors will guarantee, free of charge, the possibility of either out-patient or home consultations.

In the case of hospitalisation, health care will also be free, thanks to an agreement between the Region of Lazio and the Holy See.