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Minor Hazards bureaucracy involved can
No inoculations are be daunting. Before you travel,
needed for Rome, but make sure you obtain the
take mosquito repel- European Health Insurance Card
lent and sunscreen in (EHIC) from your department
the summer. Be sure of health or a post office.
Police car to wash your hands
frequently if you use
public transportation, DIRECTORY
especially in winter
when colds and flu are In an Emergency
rampant. The Tiber is Ambulance
polluted, but water Tel 118 (free from any telephone).
from faucets and
potable street fountains Fire
Ambulance is piped straight from Tel 115 (free from any telephone).
the hills, and is fresh General SOS
and palatable. Tel 113 (free from any telephone).
Police
Travel and Health Tel 112 (carabinieri); 113 (polizia)
Insurance (free from any telephone).
All visitors should carry Samaritans
Fire truck insurance for personal Tel 800-860 022. Open 1–10pm
property and medical care. daily. ∑ samaritansonlus.org
Lost Property
When buying airline tickets, ask Traffic Police
For items lost on a bus or on if there are any waivers included Tel 06-67691.
the Metro, contact the numbers in your particular ticket for
in the Directory. Otherwise, ask medical problems, death in the Lost Property
at a police station. To make an family, or other emergencies. Buses and Streetcars
insurance claim, report your Take out adequate property Tel 06-4695 2400.
loss to a police station and get insurance before you travel
a signed form. For lost pass- (it is difficult to buy once you Metro
ports, contact your embassy or are in Italy), and look after your Line A Tel 06-4695 7068.
consulate (see p369); for lost belongings while you are in Open 9:30am–12:30pm Mon,
credit cards or traveler’s checks, Rome. Be particularly careful Wed, Fri. Line B Tel 06-4695 8165.
contact the issuing company’s when using public transportation Open 8am–1pm Mon–Fri.
office (see p372). and when visiting crowded After 10–15 days:
tourist sights, where pick- Tel 06-6769 3214.
pocketing is common. If
Hospitals and Pharmacies possible, leave valuables at your Hospitals and
English-speaking doctors can hotel instead of carrying them Pharmacies
be found at Rome American around with you. Some hotels Ospedale Odontoiatrico
Hospital or by looking in the provide personal safes in the G Eastman
English Yellow Pages, which bedrooms. You can set these Viale Regina Elena 287B.
is available at some hotel with your own memorable Map 6 F2. Tel 06-77301.
re cep tions and international number. (Do not use your date Ospedale Pediatrico
bookstores. For access to of birth; it is on your passport Bambino Gesù
pediatricians, visit the Ospedale and registration slip.) To be Piazza S. Onofrio 4.
Pediatrico Bambino Gesù. prepared for all eventualities, it Map 3 C4. Tel 06-68591.
The Ospedale Odontoiatrico is advisable to keep a separate
G Eastman can help with photocopy of vital documents, Ospedale di Santo Spirito
Lungotevere in Sassia 1.
serious dental problems. such as your passport and plane Map 3 C3. Tel 06-68351.
Pharmacists display late- tickets, to minimize the problem
opening rosters (several stay of replacing them if they are lost Policlinico Umberto I
open all night), and can usually or stolen. It is also useful to take Viale del Policlinico 155. Map 6
supply the local equivalent of along a spare passport-sized F2. Tel 06-49971, 800-283 110.
foreign medications. The photograph or two. Rome American Hospital
Vatican Pharmacy stocks some Non-EU residents should Via E Longoni 69. Tel 06-22551.
American and British pharma- purchase a primary medical Vatican Pharmacy
ceutical products. For minor travel insurance policy before Porta Sant’Anna, Via di Porta
problems, pharmacists can give leaving their home country. EU Ange lica. Map 3 C2.
advice and recommend over- residents are officially entitled to Tel 06-6988 9806.
the-counter medications. reciprocal medical care, but the

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