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Lost and Stolen Property enough supplies or a prescription DIRECTORY
If you lose anything valuable, including the generic name of
such as your passport, contact the medication – pharmacies Police
your consulate at once (see can usually distribute the local Questura
p271). Items lost on public equivalent. Many of the words Venice: Fondamenta di S Chiara,
transport in Venice and Mestre for minor complaints and Santa Croce 500. Map 1 B5.
end up at the ACTV Oggetti remedies are similar in Italian, Tel 041 271 55 11.
Rinvenuti offices – the one in for example aspirina (aspirin), Padua: Piazzetta G Palatucci 5.
Piazzale Roma is for items left tranquillante (tranquillizer), and Tel 049 83 31 11.
on the vaporetti, the one in lassativo (laxative). Verona: Lungadige Galtarossa 11.
Mestre is for items lost on buses. Dentists are expensive in Italy. Tel 045 809 04 11.
There are no railway lost You can find the nearest one in Vicenza: Viale Mazzini 213.
property offices, so if you leave the Yellow Pages, under Dentisti Tel 044 433 75 11.
anything on a train, contact the medici chirurghi, or ask your In an Emergency
lost property office – Oggetti hotel receptionist to give you
Rinvenuti – in the nearest town. a recommendation. General Emergency
In the event of stolen (Soccorso Pubblico)
property, go to the nearest Minor Hazards Tel 112 or 113.
questura (police station; see Fire (Vigili del Fuoco)
Police) to make a statement. Inoculations are not needed Tel 115.
Take your passport with you for the Veneto, but it is wise to
for identification purposes. take high-factor sunscreen, Ambulance (Ambulanza)
Tel 118.
especially if you plan on
travelling in spring or summer. Lost and Stolen
Insect repellent is a must in the Property
summer, as mosquitoes can be
irksome in Venice. An electric ACTV Oggetti Rinvenuti
gadget, available from 1st Floor, Garage Comunale,
pharmacies or department Piazzale Roma. Map 5 B1.
stores, will repel insects in your Tel 041 272 21 79. Via Martiri della
room for up to 12 hours. Libertà, Mestre. Tel 041 272 27 23.
Sign for a pharmacy in Venice Tap water is safe to drink, as is Oggetti Rinvenuti
the water from fountains, unless Venice: Tel 041 274 82 25.
Hospitals and Pharmacies
a sign warns that it is non Padua: Tel 049 820 49 25.
Standards of health care in Italy potabile (undrinkable). Verona: Tel 045 805 78 81.
are on a par with those in the UK Vicenza: Tel 044 422 10 30.
and the US. Should you need a Hospitals
doctor, ask your concierge or Travel and Health
Insurance
look in the Yellow Pages, under Venice: Campo Santi Giovanni e
Medici. If you have a serious Visitors from the EU are entitled Paolo. Map 3 C5. Tel 041 529 43 11.
medical complaint or allergy, to reciprocal state medical care Padua: Via Giustiniani 2.
it might be wise to bring a letter, in Italy. Before you travel, obtain a Tel 049 821 11 11.
preferably translated, from your European Health Insurance Card Verona: Piazzale Stefani 1.
doctor at home. Most doctors in (EHIC), from the post office or Tel 045 812 11 11.
the region speak some English. online, which covers you for Vicenza: Via Rodolfi 37.
Pharmacies (farmacie) are emergency medical treatment. Tel 044 475 31 11.
generally open 9am–12:30pm You may wish to take out Pharmacies
and 4–7:30pm Monday–Friday, additional medical insurance
and 9am–noon on Saturdays. All as the EHIC does not cover Venice: Campo SS Filippo e
towns offer a 24-hour pharmacy repatriation costs. Giacomo, Castello.
service (farmacia di turno), with Australia also has a reciprocal Map 6 F1. Tel 041 522 06 75.
a night-time and Sunday rota. medical agreement with Italy, Padua: Via Daniele Manin, 67.
You will find the rota posted on but other visitors from outside Tel 049 875 83 63.
the doors of all pharmacies. the EU should take out a Verona: Piazza delle Erbe 20.
Opening times can also be found compre hensive medical Tel 045 800 62 64.
in the local newspapers or, if insurance policy. For claims, Vicenza: Corso Santi Felice e
you are in Venice, in the booklet make sure you keep all receipts Fortunato 117. Tel 044 432 59 18.
Un Ospite di Venezia (see p271). for medical treatment and any Dentists
Italian pharmacists are well medicines prescribed.
trained to deal with minor Purchasing additional travel Venice: Tel 041 522 81 37.
ailments and can sell many drugs insurance before leaving home Padua: Tel 049 872 16 38.
without needing a doctor’s is recommended. If you intend Verona: Tel 045 803 46 88.
prescription. If you are taking to do any winter sports you will Vicenza: Tel 044 456 49 80.
prescribed medi cation, take need extra cover.

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