Health service stretcher, that has a frame (1), with a more or less rectangular shape and that is appreciably flat for the placement of the sick or injured person either in a sitting position or lying down, where said frame has some light emitting elements (4a, 4b) distributed around the periphery of said frame (1), these light emitting elements (4a, 4b) being connected to at least one independent source of electrical energy (5) with an on/off control switch, signalling the position of the stretcher in a visible manner from all around.