302 CultureShock! Egypt
As a general rule, medical facilities are adequate for non-
emergency matters; however, emergency and intensive
care facilities are limited. People will likely tell you that you
should bring your own syringe when you are going to need
an injection; however, when I have had to access services of
this sort, I found that the modern laboratories/clinics utilise
the one-use, disposable syringes so there was no need. When
in doubt, just ask.
The Egypt Daily News keeps an up-to-date listing of hospitals
in Egypt with their phone numbers and addresses at:
http://www.egyptdailynews.com/egypt%20hospitals.htm
A few hospitals are listed below.Hospitals
Al-Salam International Hospital
Tel: 19885, (02) 2524-0250
Fax: (02) 2524-0066
Anglo American Hospital
Tel: (02) “(02) 2735-6162/63/65Tourist Police
Emergency 126
HQ (02) 2391-3454Police
Emergency 122Fire Brigade
Emergency 180
HQ (02) 2550-1469
Downtown (02) 2391-5289
Maadi (02) 3761-0259EMBASSIES AND TOURISM OFFICES
Foreign Embassies in Egypt
Over 100 countries maintain embassies in Egypt. Listed
below are some embassies that may be of interest to the
reader. All are located in the greater Cairo area. Note that not
all embassies have websites, but many do. You may have to