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hours. As well as medicines,
pharm acies also sell some
herbal remedies. Reformhäuser
specialize in such products
and natural healthcare.
DIRECTORY
Hospitals
Allgemeines Krankenhaus
Map 1 A1. Währinger Gürtel
18–20, 1090 Vienna.
Tel (01) 404 00-0.
Fire engine Krankenhaus der
Barmherzigen Brüder
(Brothers of Mercy Hospital),
Johannes von Gott-Platz 1,
1020 Vienna. Tel (01) 211 210.
Important Numbers
International Pharmacy
Map 5 D1. Kärntner Ring 17,
Vienna. Tel (01) 512 28 25.
Lost Property Office
Police van Map 4 A5.
Siebenbrunnenfeldgasse 3,
1050 Vienna.
Tel (01) 4000-8091.
Pharmacy Information Line
Vienna. Tel 1445.
Emergency Telephone
Numbers
Ambulance
Tel 144.
Emergency Medical
Assistance
Ambulance Tel 141.
Can be consulted evenings,
deciduous trees. Travellers system. Any closed pharmacies nights, Saturdays, Sundays and
may experience mild altitude will display the address of the public holidays.
sickness if exercising – be that nearest one open, and the
walking, skiing or montain- Pharmacy Information Line Fire Service
eering – above 3,000 m (9,849 ft). also has details of opening Tel 122.
Dehydration can compound the
problem. Descending to a lower Flying Ambulance Service
altitude is the only cure. There is Tel 401 44-0.
a danger of avalanches in some Mobile Telephone
snow-covered areas.
Emergency Line – can be
used without a SIM card
Pharmacies Tel 112.
If it is not an emergency, it is Police
best to go to an Apotheke Tel 133.
(pharmacy) for advice on
medicines and treatment. Roadside Assistance
Pharmacies display a red “A” Façade of a typical Apotheke (pharmacy) Tel 120.
sign and operate a night rota in Vienna

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