Germany has two medical phone numbers with separate owners. 112 reaches the emergency rescue service. 116117 reaches the out-of-hours doctors’ service run by the associations of statutory health insurance doctors. The number started in large parts of Germany on 16 April 2012. It is for plötzlich auftretende, jedoch nicht lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen, sudden illnesses that are not life-threatening. For life-threatening cases, 112 still applies.