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MEDICAL CARE AND EMERGENCIES |
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| If you have a minor ailment, head to a pharmacy ( apotik), which can
provide many medicines without prescription. Condoms ( kondom) are
available from pharmacists. Only in the main tourist areas will
assistants speak English; in the village health posts, staff are
generally ill-equipped to cope with serious illness. If you need an
English-speaking doctor ( doktor) or dentist ( doktor gigi) seek advice
at your hotel (some of the luxury ones have an in-house doctor) or at
the local tourist office. You'll find a public hospital ( rumah sakit)
in major cities and towns, and in some places these are supplemented by
private hospitals, many of which operate an accident and emergency
department. If you have a serious accident or illness, you will need to
be evacuated home or to Singapore, which has the best medical provision
in Asia. It is, therefore, vital to arrange health insurance before you
leave home . |
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