Medical Aassistance for Disabled Travelers
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO TRAVELLERS
736 Center Street
Lewiston, New York 14092
(716) 754-4883
Publishes annual directory of physicians and medical institutions abroad and telephone numbers where travelers can reach an English-speaking physician who is on call 24 hours a day. Publishes world climate charts, world malaria risk chart, world immunization chart, How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria, Be Aware of Schistosomiasis, and world schistosomiasis risk chart
INTERMEDIC
777 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017.
Provides a list of qualified English-speaking doctors, who respond to emergency calls and charge reasonable fees.
NATIONAL TRAVEL CLUB'S MEDIGUIDE SERVICE
Travel Building
Floral Park, New York 11001.
Supplies names of English-speaking doctors and dentists to its members.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS HEALTH INSTITUTE
912 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10021
(212) 472-6805
Physicians, researchers and others interested in medical protection for travelers. Devoted to the study and support of investigations related to the health problems of travelers, including diarrhea and similar illnesses.
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Two organizations will help you in major emergencies, if you need an ambulance, plane or a guarantee of your hospital costs.
SOS MEDICAL SERVICE PROGRAM
1420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
and
ASSIST-CARD CORPORATION OF AMERICA
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Assist-Card provides legal aid too, puts up bail and recovers lost luggage.
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Two programs protect you by alerting others to information about your special conditions, medications, or allergies.
PROBE MEDI-GUARD CORPORATION
19 W. Forty-fourth Street
New York, New York 10036.
Converts your medical data to microfilm, which is read through a collapsible viewer, the size of a credit card.
MEDIC ALERT
Box 1009
Turlock, California 95380
Sells identification bracelets and necklaces that specify the wearer has a medical condition that might not be apparent, and provides a twenty hour number to call for the patient's medical history.
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