10 cities
24-hour and emergency vets, city by city
Updated By Petym
In a pet emergency, phone the nearest vet that is open round the clock and go. Trouble breathing, collapse, a long seizure, suspected poisoning, heavy bleeding, heatstroke and a road accident cannot wait for morning. Pick your city below for clinics that state 24-hour or emergency care on their own website, with phones and hours in their words.
This is the list a Petym sitter keeps by the door. Every entry was checked against the clinic's own page or an official government, university or municipal page, and each city page says how its list was made and what is still being checked. Petym takes no payment for a listing and does not rate clinics.
All cities
- KarnatakaBengaluru 18 checked clinics, 3 round the clock
- MaharashtraMumbai 21 checked clinics, 5 round the clock
- DelhiDelhi 41 checked clinics, 9 round the clock
- HaryanaGurugram 22 checked clinics, 8 round the clock
- TelanganaHyderabad 24 checked clinics, 10 round the clock
- MaharashtraPune 18 checked clinics, 9 round the clock
- Tamil NaduChennai 24 checked clinics, 3 round the clock
- West BengalKolkata 7 checked clinics, 1 round the clock
- GujaratAhmedabad 6 checked clinics, 1 round the clock
- Uttar PradeshGhaziabad 12 checked clinics, 5 round the clock
Which page do I need?
- You are not sure it is an emergency
- Signs your pet needs a vet now
- You need to help on the way
- Pet first aid basics
- Your dog collapsed in the heat
- Heatstroke in dogs
- Your dog is dull after ticks
- Ticks and tick fever
- Someone else is caring for your pet
- How sitters handle emergenciesThe free pet care sheet
When does a pet need an emergency vet?
Go now, day or night, for any of these. The 2026 RECOVER first-aid guidelines say almost every worrying sign should end at the nearest open vet clinic, even when the pet seems to recover.
If Struggling to breathe: noisy or fast breathing, the neck stretched out, or a cat breathing with its mouth open
Keep the pet calm and cool, because stress makes breathing worse, and go straight to the nearest vet. PDSA
If Collapse, or a pet that cannot stand or will not wake properly
Go to the nearest open clinic now. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
If A seizure lasting more than two minutes, or more than one in 24 hours
Keep it away from stairs and hard edges, do not touch its mouth, time it and go. PDSA
If A dog retching again and again with nothing coming up, often with a swollen belly
Possible bloat: go at once. Merck Veterinary Manual
If A cat straining in the litter tray and passing little or nothing
A blocked bladder is an emergency: go now. Cornell Feline Health Center
If It may have eaten something poisonous: chocolate, grapes, xylitol, onion or garlic food, human medicines, or a lily for a cat
Phone the vet now and take the packet or plant with you. ASPCA Animal Poison Control
If Heavy panting, drooling, wobbliness or collapse in the heat
Possible heatstroke: cool first with running water, then go. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
If Heavy bleeding, a road accident, a fall from a height, severe pain or a suspected broken bone
Go now, even if your pet seems fine after an accident. Merck Veterinary Manual
Emergency, same day or can it wait?
A rough sort, from the emergency and first-aid guidance the guides cite. When in doubt, phone the vet and describe what you see.
| How soon | What to do | |
|---|---|---|
| Breathing trouble, collapse, a long seizure, heatstroke, poisoning PDSA | Now | Phone the nearest 24-hour vet on the way and go |
| A snakebite, or a suspected one Merck Veterinary Manual | Now | Keep the pet still and go; do not cut, suck, ice or tie the wound |
| Pale gums, dark urine or bleeding a week or two after ticks Merck Veterinary Manual | Same day | Possible tick fever: your vet confirms it with blood tests |
| Vomiting that keeps going, or a dog not right after 24 hours PDSA | Same day | Call your vet; go sooner if it gets worse |
| An adult cat that has not eaten for a day Cornell Feline Health Center | Same day | Call your vet |
| Bloody diarrhoea, or diarrhoea for more than two to three days PDSA | Same day | Call your vet |
| A hacking cough after boarding, in a dog that is bright and eating PDSA | Book a visit | Possible kennel cough: keep it away from other dogs |
| One short episode of loose stool, no blood, dog otherwise well PDSA | Watch | Call your vet if it continues |
This table sorts urgency; it does not diagnose. Your vet decides what is wrong and what to give, and no page on Petym gives a dose.
What should you do on the way to the vet?
First aid buys time on the journey; it does not replace the vet.
Do
- Phone ahead from the car or auto so the team can prepare for your arrival. PDSA
- Press firmly on a bleeding wound with a clean cloth; if blood soaks through, add more cloth on top. RSPCA (England and Wales)
- For heatstroke, pour cool running water over the body and belly, away from the face, and keep cooling on the way. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
- Take the packet, label or plant if your pet may have eaten something poisonous. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
- Keep an injured pet's head level with its body, and use a towel or blanket to protect yourself if it is in pain. RSPCA (England and Wales)
Don’t
- Do not make your pet vomit unless a vet or poison service tells you to. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
- Do not put anything in the mouth of a pet having a seizure, or hold it down. PDSA
- Do not reach into the mouth of a conscious, choking animal; give firm back blows instead and go. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
- Do not cut, suck, ice or put a tourniquet on a snakebite. Merck Veterinary Manual
- Do not wait to see if a heatstroke case recovers at home: cool first, transport second. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
What should you take to an emergency vet?
Keep these in one folder by the door, and give a copy to anyone who looks after your pet.
- Your own vet's number and the nearest 24-hour vet saved in your phone and written on the first-aid kit PDSA
- The vaccination card, with its rabies and DHPPi or Tricat dates
- A list of every medicine your pet takes, with the strength on the label, so the vet does not have to guess
- The packet, label or a photo of anything your pet may have eaten RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
- A leash and collar or harness, and a carrier for a cat or small dog, so the pet cannot bolt in a strange place
- A towel or blanket, to keep a pet warm or to lift it safely RSPCA (England and Wales)
- If a sitter is taking your pet: a signed note that they may bring it in, and how to reach you for decisions about treatment
Government, university, charitable or private: which kind of clinic?
Petym's lists include all four kinds. What matters at night is whether that branch says it takes emergencies round the clock.
Public
Government hospitals
State animal husbandry departments run veterinary hospitals. In Delhi, the government hospital at Tis Hazari says it has run 24x7 on all days since July 2018, with vets working three shifts. Development Department (Animal Husbandry Unit), Government of NCT of Delhi
University
Veterinary college hospitals
Teaching hospitals of the state veterinary universities. In Chennai, the Madras Veterinary College hospital of TANUVAS states round-the-clock emergency services; Bengaluru's Hebbal college hospital publishes evening clinic hours. TANUVAS, Madras Veterinary College
Trust or SPCA
Charitable hospitals
Hospitals run by trusts and welfare societies. Mumbai's Bombay SPCA hospital in Parel says it serves emergency cases 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a daytime OPD. Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals (Bombay SPCA)
Private
Private clinics and chains
Most round-the-clock options in Petym's lists are private. A chain's 24-hour claim is counted only where that branch's own page states it, because hours differ branch by branch.
How is each city's list made?
A clinic is listed only when its own website, or an official government, university or municipal page, gives the address, phone and hours for that branch.
Directory sites and map listings are never used as a source: they go out of date and often copy a chain's claims to every branch. Names, addresses and phone numbers are copied exactly as the clinic prints them, and the hours line quotes the clinic's own words, so "Emergency and ICU 24/7, OPD 9 am to 9 pm" is shown as that, not shortened to "open 24 hours".
Each entry is labelled by what its source says: open 24 hours; emergencies 24 hours with a daytime OPD; an emergency vet on call at night; daytime only; or hours not published. Daytime clinics stay on the list, clearly labelled, so you know where to go once morning comes. Where a city's round-the-clock options are thin, the city page says so plainly.
Petym takes no payment for a listing and publishes no ratings, reviews or rankings. If a clinic's details change, the date on the page tells you how fresh the check is; call before you set out.
Why call ahead, and what about night-time in Indian cities?
Call whenever you can: the clinic can get ready, tell you whether its emergency vet is in, and send you elsewhere if it is full or the case needs a specialist.
Some branches ask visitors to confirm timings before coming, and a clinic labelled "emergency vet on call at night" may not have a vet on the premises when you arrive. A two-minute call can save a long drive at 2 am. Phone numbers on every city page are tap-to-call links.
Plan the route before you need it. A journey at night can take longer than you expect when roads flood in the monsoon or fog settles over a north Indian winter. Save two clinics in your phone, one near home and one on a main road, and keep a carrier or leash where a sitter can find it.
| What | The rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Heatstroke | Exercise caused about three in four cases in a large UK study; flat-faced, heavy and older dogs are at highest risk. Cool first, then go. | Animals (2020)study |
| Heat-wave months | IMD says heat waves come mainly from March to June, peaking in May. | India Meteorological Department |
| Tick fever | Ehrlichiosis signs appear 1 to 3 weeks after infection: fever, nosebleeds, bruising, black stools. | Merck Veterinary Manual |
| Babesiosis | Anaemia with pale gums, weakness, jaundice, red or brown urine, usually 1 to 4 weeks after infection. | Tropical Council for Companion Animal Parasites |
What does a Petym sitter do in an emergency?
The same steps every time, written into how Petym works.
Before the first booking
The sitter completes pet first-aid training and names a 24-hour vet within reach. At the meet and greet you agree your own vet and how to reach you.
Spotting the signs
Poisoning, trouble breathing, heavy bleeding, collapse, seizures and heatstroke always mean going to a vet at once. Merck Veterinary Manual
First aid
The sitter keeps themselves and your pet safe and gives basic first aid, such as pressure on bleeding or cooling for heatstroke. RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026)study
The call
The sitter calls you, and takes your pet to the nearest 24-hour vet on the city's list.
Afterwards
What happened, and what the vet said, goes into the log of your pet's plan, alongside the daily photo update.
Questions owners ask
How do I find a 24-hour vet near me in India?
- Open your city's page in Petym's vets directory: each lists clinics whose own website or an official page states 24-hour or emergency care for that branch, with address, phone and hours. Save two numbers before you need them, and call ahead on the way so the team can prepare.
How does Petym choose which vets to list?
- A clinic is listed only when its own website, or an official government, university or municipal page, gives its address, phone and hours for that branch. Directory listings are never used, and a chain's 24-hour claim counts only where the branch itself states it. Petym takes no payment for listings.
Should I call before taking my pet to an emergency vet?
- Yes, whenever you can. Calling ahead lets the team prepare, tells you whether the emergency vet is in, and some clinics ask you to confirm their hours first. Each clinic on Petym's city pages shows its numbers as tap-to-call links.
What are the signs my pet needs an emergency vet?
- Go now for trouble breathing, collapse, a seizure lasting over two minutes, retching with nothing coming up and a swollen belly, a cat straining to pee with nothing coming out, suspected poisoning, heavy bleeding, heatstroke, or a road accident. If unsure, phone a vet and describe what you see.
What should I do first if my dog has heatstroke?
- Stop all activity, move it somewhere cool and start cooling at once with cool running water over the body and belly, away from the face, with moving air. Then go to a vet, even if it seems to recover. Vets put it as cool first, transport second.
Are government veterinary hospitals open at night?
- Some are. Delhi's government hospital at Tis Hazari says it runs 24x7 with vets in three shifts, and Chennai's Madras Veterinary College hospital states round-the-clock emergency services. Many others keep daytime hours. Each city page labels every clinic by what its own source says.
What should a pet sitter take to the vet?
- The pet's vaccination record, the care sheet with its medicines and the owner's vet's details, and a note from the owner saying the sitter may bring the pet in. Petym's free care sheet puts all of this on one page.
Does Petym rate or review vets?
- No. The directory lists facts the clinic publishes about itself, with the date they were checked. It has no ratings, reviews or rankings, and no clinic pays to be listed.
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- A photo every day
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Sources
Each source was opened and read on the date shown. How Petym checks its sources
- Merck Veterinary Manual: What to do in a dog or cat emergency (opens in a new tab)
- PDSA: First aid for pets struggling to breathe (opens in a new tab)
- PDSA: What to do if your pet has a seizure (opens in a new tab)
- Merck Veterinary Manual: Disorders of the stomach and intestines in dogs (bloat) (opens in a new tab)
- Cornell Feline Health Center: Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (opens in a new tab)
- ASPCA Animal Poison Control: People foods to avoid feeding your pets (opens in a new tab)
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- PDSA: Emergency care for pets (opens in a new tab)
- Merck Veterinary Manual: Snakebite (pet owner version) (opens in a new tab)
- Merck Veterinary Manual: Ehrlichiosis in dogs (opens in a new tab)
- PDSA: Vomiting in dogs (opens in a new tab)
- Cornell Feline Health Center: Anorexia (opens in a new tab)
- PDSA: Kennel cough (opens in a new tab)
- PDSA: Diarrhoea after a change of food (opens in a new tab)
- RSPCA (England and Wales): First aid for your dog (opens in a new tab)
- PDSA: First aid for pets (undated) (opens in a new tab)
- Development Department (Animal Husbandry Unit), Government of NCT of Delhi: 24 x 7 emergency services veterinary hospital, Tis Hazari (opens in a new tab)
- TANUVAS, Madras Veterinary College: Madras Veterinary College clinics (opens in a new tab)
- Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals (Bombay SPCA): Hospital services (opens in a new tab)
- India Meteorological Department: FAQ on heat wave (opens in a new tab)
- Tropical Council for Companion Animal Parasites: Canine guidelines: Babesia (opens in a new tab)
- RECOVER Initiative (Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2026): RECOVER guidelines: first aid for dogs and cats, clinical guidelines (opens in a new tab)
- Animals (2020): Dogs don't die just in hot cars: exertional heat-related illness (opens in a new tab)