If you need a medical treatment in emergency, you must go to the Pronto
Soccorso (Emergency department) at the nearest hospital.
Usually pharmacies are open from 8.30am to 12.30pm and from 4pm to 8pm from
Monday to Friday, and from 9am to 12pm on Saturday during summer. It varies
a bit during winter.
The Rome American Hospital is a private hospital with English speaking
doctors. Via E. Longoni, 69. Tel. 0622551, http://www.rah.it/english/index.htm
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European Card for Sickness Insurance
In case of medical care need when abroad in Europe, it allows European
members to get refund for their medical expenses, according to the legal
arrangement in the visited country.
It replaces the E111 form and other European
forms (E110, E119, E128) used for short term visits in European
countries. It is an individual card with your name, and each family member
should have one (including children under 16). It is valid 1 year and
free.
The card is not given automatically: you will need to ask your social
security centre a few weeks before the departure.
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Medications
If you need prescription drugs or medicines, your family doctor will issue
you with a prescription (ricetta), which you can then take to a pharmacy
(farmacia).
Pharmacies in Italy are small family-run businesses and deal in medically-related
items only. Pharmacies have the sign of a green or red cross on a white background
and outside of normal hours, there will always be at least one in every town
or city open late for emergency dispensing of drugs.
24-Hour Pharmacies in the historic centre of Rome:
- Piazza Barberini, 49 (english-speaking) Tel. 064825456
- Piazza Risorgimento, 44. Tel. 063722157
- Via Arenula, 73. Tel. 0668803278
- Piazza dei Cinquecento, 49/50/51. Tel. 064880019
Some of the drugs are free, otherwise you will need to pay the full cost. If
you take prescription drugs on a regular basis, you should ask your doctor in
your home country for the generic name of the medicine as brands vary from country
to country.
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