Czech · Pohotovost / nemocnice
At night your child falls ill and you phone the out-of-hours service: what to say in Czech
At night your child falls ill and you phone the on-call service.
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How it's done. At night and weekends, when surgeries are closed, the LSPP (lékařská služba první pomoci) on-call doctor service operates; in a life-threatening case 155 or 112.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
The first phrase is open: tap ▶ to listen, or “Show” to show it to the other person. The rest of the dialogue is in the course in the app.
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Lékařská služba první pomoci, dobrý večer.LEH-kuhrshs-kuh SLOOZH-buh prvnee POH-moh-tsee, DOH-brih VEH-chehr.
First-aid medical service, good evening.
They might also say:
Pohotovost, dobrý večer, co se děje?
POH-goh-toh-vost, DOH-brih VEH-chehr, tsoh seh DYEH-eh?
On-call service, good evening, what is happening?
YOU REPLY
Dobrý večer, moje dcera má vysokou horečku a bolí ji břicho.
DOH-brih VEH-chehr, MOH-eh TSEH-ruh mah VIH-soh-koh-oo GOH-rech-koo uh BOH-lee yee BRZHEE-khoh.
Good evening, my daughter has a high fever and her stomach hurts.
Or say:Dobrý večer, můj syn má od hodiny horečku a zvrací.
DOH-brih VEH-chehr, mooy sihn mah od GOH-dee-nih GOH-rech-koo uh ZVRAH-tsee.
THEY SAY
Kolik je dítěti let? Jak se jmenuje?KOH-leek yeh DEE-tyeh-tee let? Yahk seh YMEH-noo-eh?
How old is the child? What is the name?
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YOU FINISH
Čtyři roky. Jmenuje se Saša.
CHTIR-zhee ROH-kih. YMEH-noo-eh seh SAH-shuh.
Four years. The name is Sasha.
THEY SAY
Přijeďte, prosím. Lékař dítě vyšetří.PRSHEE-ehty-teh, PROH-seem. LEH-kuhrsh DEE-tyeh VIH-shetr-shee.
Please come. The doctor will examine the child.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Lékařská
LEH-kuhrshs-kuh
adjective
medical
služba
SLOOZH-buh
noun
service
pomoci
POH-moh-tsee
noun
help (genitive)
dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
večer
VEH-chehr
noun
evening
dcera
TSEH-ruh
noun
daughter
24 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Ještě neumím dobře česky.
YEHSH-tyeh NEH-oo-meem DOBR-zheh CHES-kih.
I don't speak Czech well yet.
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