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Hospitals and Minor Hazards DIRECTORY
Pharmacies
The most common minor
Argentina has two types of ailments to afflict visitors to Emergency Numbers
hospitals: public and private. Argentina are dehydration
The former are usually and sunstroke. Both of these Ambulance
underequipped and under- can easily be avoided by Tel 107.
funded, although the doc tors carrying a strong sunscreen, a Comisaría del Turista
and nurses are highly qual ified hat, and bottled water on any Ave Corrientes 436, Buenos Aires.
as many also work in the private excursion or trip to the beach.
sec tor. Some well-main tained Tap water is also potable all City Map 3 E4.
goverment hos pitals are across the country. Tel (0800) 999-5000.
Hospital Zonal General de Some serious diseases are Fire Service
Agudos San Roque Manuel carried by insect bites but a Tel 100.
B. Gonnet in La Plata and nasty rash is by far the most
Hospital de Urgencias in likely irritant a visitor can get. It Police
Córdoba. Private hospitals are is wise to keep a good brand of Tel 911.
generally of a high stan dard, repellent always at hand. Altitude
offering first-class health sickness can, in extreme cases, Hospitals and
services and spotless rooms. be danger ous but is only an Pharmacies
These include Buenos Aires’s issue for visitors traveling to
Hospital Alemán and Hospital the Andean highlands. Farmacia 2001
Británico. There is also a Food poisoning is rarer Monteagudo 501, Tucumán.
medical institute exclusively here than in most Latin Tel (0800) 555-2001.
for child ren called Hospital de American coun tries, although
Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez. the usual commonsense Farmacity Malabia
Some “prescription only” precautions apply. Corrientes 5288, Buenos Aires.
drugs available in more devel- City Map 4 B5.
oped countries, such as anti- Public Toilets Tel (011) 4857-2978.
biotics and birth-control pills,
can be bought over the Good public bathrooms are ∑ farmacity.com
counter in Argentina. Most scarce in Argentina and the well- Farmacity Santa Fe
farmacias (pharmacies) are maintained ones are mainly in Santa Fe 2822, Buenos Aires.
open from 9am to 8pm and cities. It is best to use the services City Map 2 B3.
major cities have 24-hour of public toilets in the nearest
out lets such as Farmacity fast food chain, shopping mall, Tel (011) 4821-3000.
Malabia and Farma city Santa or department store. ∑ farmacity.com
Fe in the capital and Farmacia Hospital Alemán
2001 in Tucumán.
Travel and Health Ave Pueyrredón 1640, Buenos
Insurance Aires. City Map 2 B3.
Visitors traveling to Argentina Tel (011) 4827-7000.
are advised to purchase private ∑ hospitalaleman.com.ar
travel insurance that includes
full medical cov erage. This is Hospital Británico
useful in case of emergen cies Pedriel 74, Barracas, Buenos Aires.
which require treatment at Tel (011) 4309-6400.
private clinics where medical ∑ hospital britanico.org.ar
care can be very expensive. Hospital de Niños
Argentina shares no reciprocal
health insurance scheme with Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez
One of the many pharmacies found in any other country. Gallo 1330, Buenos Aires.
Argentina’s cities City Map 2 A3.
Serious Diseases Vaccinations Tel (011) 4962-9247.
Malaria or cholera may be found Visitors traveling to remote Hospital de Urgencias
in some rural regions. A more areas of the country should Calle Catamarca 441, Córdoba.
common disease is dengue, ensure that their regular immu- Tel (0351) 427-6200.
a viral illness spread by ni zations, such as tetanus, are Hospital Zonal General de
mosquitos. Chagas is a chronic up-to-date. They should also
condition trans mitted through consider having a Hepatitis B Agudos San Roque Manuel
a blood para site carried by the vaccination. Except for a few B. Gonnet
cone nose or “kissing bug.” It is rural areas border ing Bolivia Calle 508 btwn 18 & 19, La Plata.
preva lent in rural parts but the and Paraguay, Argentina is Tel (0221) 484-0290.
risk of contracting it is minor. mainly malaria-free.

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