Night call to the hut under Chleb
Slovakia’s mountain rescue service (HZS) reports: on the night of 15 October 2026 it took a request for help from Malá Fatra via emergency line 155. School pupils on a trip were staying at Chata pod Chlebom. One of them, a 12-year-old Slovak boy, suddenly developed nausea with strong abdominal cramps.
Rescuers from the HZS Malá Fatra station based in Štefanová went to the hut, examined the boy and checked his vital signs. As his condition improved markedly, after advice and a talk with the teachers he stayed overnight at the hut.
Source: HZS — Záchranári pomáhali v noci na Chate pod Chlebom
Context
Many night call-outs for mountain rescue look exactly like this: not plucking someone off a cliff, but checking pulse and stomach at a hut. When the patient stabilises, they stay put — a helicopter would be theatre. And the call comes through ordinary medical emergency line 155: in the Slovak mountains it is the same number as for an ambulance in town.