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Holy Land Practical Information
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Health and Accident Insurance
Bring all the medicines you will need. Pharmacies will not honor prescriptions from abroad.
In general, no special immunizations are needed for travel to the Holy Land. In case you have a problem, ask your guide help you to make contact with a clinic. Emergency help and ambulance: Dial 101 for Magen David Adom (the Red Star of David, equivalent to the Red Cross). For hospital and pharmacy telephone numbers, see Useful Numbers in Israel.
It is wise to take travel insurance that includes emergency evacuation with accompaniment. Suppose, for example, that a tourist gets carried away with photography, walks while shooting, trips on something and breaks a leg. Without insurance, the arrangements for getting home can be complicated and expensive. One may have to leave before the group, and one may have to be accompanied. Not all travel insurance policies cover such eventualities. Be sure to take one that does. Know in advance how the company's procedure works: Will it pay your bills directly, or are you to pay and seek reimbursement?
(U.S. citizens, please note: Medicare does not cover hospital or medical costs outside the U.S.)
If you have preexisting medical problems, it is wise to bring a letter from your doctor, describing the condition and any prescription medications, including their generic names. Bring all the medicines you know you will need. Sufficient medication should be in hand-held carry-on baggage in case
suit cases go adrift. Tourists taking special medications should bring a prescription clearly signed by their doctor and the doctor's license number. (Prescriptions issued in the USA will be honored in Israel provided they show clearly the doctor's signature and license number.)
The tour programs are such that there is usually little chance of stopping at a pharmacy when you may require one.
MEDICAL DOCTORS should bring their prescription book and license.
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