About this hospital finder
This free tool helps you find the nearest hospital, emergency room, ER, urgent care, or 24-hour emergency department instantly using your device's GPS plus the world's largest open mapping database (OpenStreetMap). No accounts, no app installs, no country lock. Coverage spans 190+ countries with detailed data across the USA, UK, India, Canada, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Whether you need to find a multispeciality hospital, NHS A&E department, trauma center, children's hospital, maternity hospital, urgent care walk-in clinic, or cardiac specialty hospital, this tool searches the same global dataset that covers 100,000+ hospitals worldwide. Whether you call it a hospital, ER, A&E, casualty department, urgent care, clinic, aspataal, krankenhaus, or hôpital, the tool finds them all.
Important: medical emergencies
This tool helps you find hospitals. It does NOT replace emergency services. For life-threatening situations:
- Call your local emergency number IMMEDIATELY (see banner at top of page)
- Do not drive yourself if you suspect a heart attack, stroke, severe injury, or breathing difficulty
- Ambulances have priority traffic access and life-support equipment
- Calling early gives paramedics time to alert the receiving hospital ER for faster admission
- In severe trauma cases, ambulances can route to Level 1 Trauma Centers specifically
Filter types explained
- Emergency room (ER) / A&E: Hospitals with active 24/7 emergency departments for life-threatening conditions like heart attacks, strokes, severe injuries, and breathing difficulties.
- Hospital only: Full hospitals with inpatient admission, surgery, and comprehensive medical services.
- Clinic / outpatient: Smaller facilities for non-emergency visits, consultations, and routine care.
- Urgent care: Walk-in clinics for non-life-threatening issues like minor cuts, sprains, flu, mild infections. Lower cost than ER.
- 24-hour only: Open round the clock for emergency situations.
Emergency vs urgent care: when to use which
Go to the Emergency Room (ER) for:
- Chest pain or pressure, especially with arm/jaw pain (potential heart attack)
- Sudden severe headache, vision changes, slurred speech, facial drooping (potential stroke)
- Severe difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Severe bleeding that won't stop with pressure
- Major head injury, neck injury, or trauma
- Severe burns covering large areas
- Loss of consciousness or seizure
- Severe abdominal pain
- Compound fractures or visible bone
- Suspected poisoning or overdose
Go to Urgent Care for:
- Sprains, strains, minor fractures
- Cold, flu, fever (non-severe)
- Sore throat, ear infections
- Minor cuts requiring stitches
- Minor burns (small area)
- Mild asthma, allergic reactions
- Urinary tract infections
- Minor eye injuries or irritation
- Skin rashes or insect bites
When in doubt, go to the ER. Urgent care can transfer you to ER if needed.
Hospital types and what they offer
- General hospitals: Broad range of services, emergency care, inpatient and outpatient.
- Multispeciality / super speciality hospitals: Multiple specialty departments (cardiology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics) in one facility. Common in India (Apollo, Fortis, Manipal, Max).
- Trauma centers: Designated levels (1-4). Level 1 has 24/7 trauma surgeons. Best for serious accidents.
- Children's hospitals: Pediatric-specialized care. Examples: Boston Children's, CHOP, Great Ormond Street, AIIMS Pediatrics, Apollo Cradle.
- Maternity hospitals: Specialized in pregnancy, labor, delivery. Examples: Apollo Cradle, Cloudnine, Motherhood, Fernandez (India).
- Teaching hospitals: Affiliated with medical schools. Often have latest treatments. Examples: Johns Hopkins, AIIMS, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General.
- Specialty hospitals: Focus on specific conditions (cancer, cardiac, eye, orthopedic, psychiatric).
- Government / public hospitals: Free or subsidized. NHS (UK), AIIMS (India), VA hospitals (USA veterans), public hospitals (Canada, Australia).
- Private hospitals: Faster service, more amenities, higher cost. Examples: Apollo, Fortis (India), HCA, Tenet (USA), BMI, Spire (UK).