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Travel Insurance
listed in the Yellow
Pages (see also Travel insurance is highly
Directory box). If your recommended, mainly because
travel medical of the high cost of medical care.
insurance is in order, There are many types and levels,
you won’t have to with prices dependent on
worry about costs, but the length of your trip and the
remember that national number of people covered.
insurance in other Among the most important
Police car countries is not valid features are emergency medical
in the US. and dental care, trip cancella-
If the situation is not tion, baggage and travel-
urgent, ask your hotel document loss, accidental
to call a doctor or dismember ment and death.
dentist or to recom- Many policies will cover all of
mend one. You can find these items.
one your self through
the NY Hotel Urgent DIRECTORY
Medical Services or
Ambulance NYU Dental Care. The Police
Mount Sinai Doctors All Emergency Services
on 34th Street has an Tel 911 (or 0).
excellent walk-in clinic.
For general advice Crime Victims Hot Line
and informa tion, Tel (212) 577-7777.
call Travelers’ Aid, a In an Emergency
national organization,
which is geared to Mount Sinai Doctors
helping travelers. Note 55 E 34th St. Map 8 F2. Tel (212)
that the cost of pres- 252-6000. One of three branches;
Fire engine criptions may be higher part of the Mount Sinai Beth
than in your home country. Israel Network.
for bus fares – it’s best not to
have to dig into your purse or Hospitals and Pharmacies NY Hotel Urgent Medical
Services
wallet in public. Never stop
to count your money, and If you must visit a doctor or Tel (212) 737-1212.
be aware of strangers at bank hospital, be prepared to under go NYU Dental Care
ATMs. Guard against purse an expensive experience: some of 345 E 24th St/First Ave. Map 9 B4.
snatchers by carrying your bag the city’s practitioners and facilities Tel (212) 998-9800, (212) 998-
with the clasp facing toward are among the best in the country, 9828 (weekends and after 9pm).
you and the shoulder strap and they charge accord ingly. Travelers’ Aid
across your body. The best way to protect yourself JFK Airport, Terminal 410.
Wise travelers always leave against large medical costs Tel (718) 656-4870.
valuables at home or stored is with compre hensive travel
at the hotel in a locked insurance. Note that you will Hospitals and
suitcase or a closet safe. Do have to pay and then reclaim the Pharmacies
not allow anyone except hotel money. All hospitals accept credit
and airport personnel to carry cards, as do most physicians and Duane Reade
your luggage or parcels. dentists. The city has many 24-hour 1627 Broadway (near
pharmacies; some will often fill Times Square). Map 12 E5.
a prescription while you wait. Tel (212) 586-0374.
In an Emergency
Mount Sinai West
If you are involved in a medical 58th St and Tenth Ave.
emergency, proceed at once Map 12 D3. Tel (212) 523-4000.
to a hospital emergency NYU Langone Medical
room. Dial 411, and ask Center
the operator to give you the 550 First Avenue.
number of the nearest Map 9 C3.
hospital. Should you need Tel (212) 263-5550.
an ambulance, telephone
911. If you have time, and Rite Aid
the choice, avoid the crowded 301 West 50th St.
city-owned hospitals. Instead, A 24-hour pharmacy, one of many Map 12 D4.
choose a private hospitals in the city Tel (212) 247-8384.

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