Eye emergencies in Boulogne‑Billancourt
A red or painful eye, sudden loss of vision, an eye injury, a foreign body, a sudden shower of floaters: some symptoms cannot wait. At Cabinet OPHTALIFE, emergency slots are set aside every day except Sunday. Call us: your situation is assessed immediately and you will be seen the same day if needed.
Outside office hours: 24/7 eye emergency care at the Quinze-Vingts, Cochin or Fondation Rothschild hospitals — see contact details. In a life-threatening emergency, call 15 (SAMU, the French emergency medical service) or 112 (European emergency number).
When should you seek urgent care?
These are the main warning signs that call for a prompt ophthalmic opinion. If in doubt, call the practice: a call that turns out to be unnecessary is better than delayed treatment.
Have you had eye surgery recently (refractive surgery, cataract, other) and now have unusual pain, increasing redness or reduced vision? Call the practice without delay, at any time of day: post-operative emergencies for our patients take priority.
What happens during an emergency consultation?
You call the practice
On 01 84 19 11 66 (+33 1 84 19 11 66), describe your symptoms. The team assesses how urgent your situation is and gives you initial advice (rinsing, protecting the eye, stopping contact lens wear…).
An emergency slot is reserved for you
Slots are blocked every day except Sunday for emergencies: you are seen at the practice the same day if your situation requires it — or referred straight to a hospital department if it demands it.
Full examination and treatment
Slit lamp, intraocular pressure measurement, dilated fundus examination, OCT if needed: the diagnosis is made on site and treatment started immediately (eye drops, foreign body removal, laser…).
A team covering every kind of eye emergency
The strength of Cabinet OPHTALIFE in an emergency: three ophthalmic surgeons with complementary expertise under one roof, at 37 rue d'Aguesseau in Boulogne-Billancourt. The whole practice also handles neuro-ophthalmic emergencies, in coordination with MRI centers and hospitals.
I treat ocular surface and corneal emergencies (red eye, keratitis, foreign bodies, abrasions, burns), eye pressure emergencies and acute glaucoma, as well as post-operative emergencies after refractive and cataract surgery.
My background →A retina specialist surgeon, he handles retinal emergencies: sudden-onset floaters and flashes, suspected retinal tear or detachment, and vision loss of retinal origin.
His website ↗An oculoplastic surgeon, he handles eyelid and tear duct emergencies: eyelid lacerations, inflamed chalazia, sudden ptosis, and orbital conditions.
His website ↗Outside office hours: 24/7 emergency care
Three hospitals provide eye emergency care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the Paris region (Île-de-France). You can go there directly, without an appointment.
National ophthalmology hospital (Paris) — 24/7 emergency department.
28 rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris
Tel. 01 40 02 15 20
AP-HP (Paris public hospitals) eye emergency department — 24/7.
8 rue Méchain, 75014 Paris (Blaise Pascal building)
Tel. 01 58 41 23 00
Eye emergencies for adults and children — 24/7.
29 rue Manin, 75019 Paris (27 rue Manin from 7 pm to 7 am)
Tel. 01 48 03 68 84
General medical emergency or associated symptoms (feeling faint, severe headache, weakness on one side of the body, speech difficulty): immediately call 15 (SAMU, the French emergency medical service) or 112 (European emergency number).
Eye emergencies: your questions
Unsure about your symptoms? Call us.
Emergency slots are set aside every day except Sunday. Your situation is assessed as soon as you call, and you are seen the same day if needed.