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(see pp30–31). If you are arrested close to fresh water and swamp
for any reason, you have the land. If you plan to visit parks
right to remain silent and are and reserves, wear a good
permitted to make one insect repellent.
telephone call. Non-US citizens
should contact their embassy or Travel and Health
consulate for legal assistance.
Insurance
Travel insurance is highly
Lost and Stolen Property
recommended. It can help
Even though the chances of in the event of loss or theft
retrieving stolen or lost property of personal goods, or if travel
are slim, it is important to report arrangements fall through.
any such losses to the police. Foreign visitors should also
Keep a copy of the police report obtain insurance for emergency
if you are planning to make an medical and dental care, which
insurance claim. Most credit can be expensive in the US. It
card companies have toll-free Walgreens, one of New Orleans’ is useful to carry a medical ID
numbers for reporting a loss, as 24-hour pharmacies card containing information
do Thomas Cook and American Natural Hazards on your blood type, allergies,
Express for lost traveler’s checks medications, and an emergency
(see p207). If you lose your Hurricanes are infrequent but contact number.
passport, contact your embassy devastating when they do
or consulate immediately. strike. There are tried and tested DIRECTORY
Airport Operations retains emergency procedures, and if
items that have been lost in the worst should happen, In an Emergency
public areas of the terminal. The follow the announcements Emergencies
office is open 24 hours a day. If on local television and radio. Tel 911.
they remain unclaimed after 30 If an evacuation order is issued,
days, items turned in to this Lost leave the region immediately. Medical Center of Louisiana
and Found office are donated Ignoring this order, or waiting 2021 Perdido St. Map 2 B5.
to charity. If you lose something until the last possible minute, Tel (800) 256-2311.
in an airline’s exclusive areas could prove disastrous. In case New Orleans Dental
(ticket counters, gate areas, of emergency, a hotline may Association
or airplanes), check with the be set up before a storm Tel (504) 834-6449.
relevant airline’s baggage office strikes. You may also check
on the lower level. the National Hurricane Police (Non-Emergency)
Center’s forecasts online Tel (504) 821-2222.
(www.nhc.noaa.gov). Touro Infirmary
Hospitals and Despite Louisiana’s hurricanes 1401 Foucher St. Map 7 E4.
Pharmacies being notorious, the most Tel (504) 897-7011.
Even if your insurance offers frequent climatic hazard to
medical coverage, you affect visitors is the sun. Use Lost and Stolen
may still have to pay high-factor sunscreen Property
for any services you lotions and wear a hat. Airport Operations
use, and then claim Be aware that heat can Upper Level, West Lobby, New
reimbursement from be as big a problem as Orleans International Airport.
your insurance sunlight; drink plenty of Tel (504) 303-7790.
company. If you take fluids to stay hydrated.
medication, it is wise There are several Hospitals and
to bring a back-up venomous snakes Pharmacies
prescription with you. native to Louisiana, but
There are many Hospital sign unless you are in dense RiteAid
RiteAid and Walgreens swamp or forest you are 2669 Canal St. Map 2 B4.
pharmacies in the city. Those unlikely to encounter any. Tel (504) 827-1400.
close to the French Quarter are Alligators are plentiful in most ∑ riteaid.com
open daily from 9am to 7pm. At swamps and bodies of water Walgreens
any other time, there are several just outside the city, so use 1801 St. Charles Ave.
24-hour pharmacies; ask your caution when walking in these Map 8 A2. Tel (504) 561-8458
hotel for assistance. areas and do not feed them. (24 hours).
In the event of a non- Biting and stinging insects, 900 Canal St. Map 4 B3.
emergency health issue, there including mosquitoes, are a Tel (504) 568-1271.
are a number of care facilities nuisance between April and ∑ walgreens.com
throughout the city. November, particularly in areas

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