HEALTHCARE FOR TOURISTS

All tourists are entitled to FIRST AID ASSISTANCE.
On the basis of medical insurance certificate issued by national health insurance institutions of the foreign countries, branch office of the Croatian National Health Insurance (Ispostava Hrvatskog zavoda za zdravstveno osiguranje ) or Tourist first aid (turisticka ambulanta) issue the patient's record (bolesnicki list).
Tourists from Bulgaria, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Great Britain can get medieal assistance on the basis of their passports, and guests from Slovenia on the basis of their stamped health insuranee cards. For further information call 813 195, 816 619.

TOURIST SURGERIES
A tourist surgery has been opened at the emergency ward of the Ambulanta Rovinj (Istarska ulica bb.). The surgery is open around the clock. Tel. 813-004..

PHARMACY
- Gradska Ijekarna (town chemist's), M. Benussi-Cio street, tel 813 589,
  working hours (summer) from 8-21.
- Pharmacy "Blitva", street Valbruna 2, tel. 840-680: working hours (summer) 8 alle 21
- Pharmacy "Blitva", street Carera 22a, tel. 830-832: working hours (summer) 8 alle 21
EMERGENCIES - Lidija Tolić, tel 812 432

BIO PHARMACY
- "Mima", V. Šalbe Street 1, tel. and fax 818-182, summer working time from 8 a.m. to 12,30 and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- "Herba Medica", Carera Street 37, tel. 830-586, summer working time from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

AIDS INFORMATION
For any information please contact a doctor at the Health Centre or at the Hygiene and Epidemiological Service. The Rovinj Medical Authority has introduced preventive measures for protection from this disease. The ELIS test can be taken on demand..

The "Prim. dr. Martin Horvat" Orthopaedic Clinic and Rehabilitation Centre
The "Prim. dr. Martin Horvat" Orthopaedic Clinic and Rehabilitation Centre, with its hundred-year-old tradition, is fully equipped for physical therapy. It has three indoor seawater swimming pools, outdoor recreational facilities and beaches for hydro-therapy. Services include: rehabilitation of bed-ridden and partially or totally-paralysed patients, treatment for damage to the central and peripheral nervous systems, rheumatism, muscular dystrophy and other degenerative conditions. The physical therapy section employs various procedures including kinetic, electro - and hydrotherapy. During the summer months hydrotherapy is administered in the sea. Outdoor recreational facilities have been adapted to suit the needs of the handicapped

VETERINARY SURGERY
- Laste Street 4, tel. 813-214, working hours from 8 a.m. to 11 and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., after hours on call
-"Rex" Prolaz M. Macana Street 3, tel. 813-833, working hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.