Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Medical Services
Huashan World Wide Medical Center
( 6248 3986;
www.sh-hwmc.com.cn
;
12
Middle Wulumuqi Rd; 12 Changshu Rd)
Hospital treatment and outpatient consulta-
tions are available at the 8th-floor foreigners' clinic in Building 1 (open 8am to 10pm
daily) of Huashan Hospital ( Huashan Yiyuan), with 24-hour emergency treatment on
the 15th floor in Building 6.
Parkway Health
( Yijijia Yiliao Baojian Fuwu; 24hr hotline 6445 5999;
www.parkwayhealth.cn
)
Seven locations around Shanghai, including at the
Shanghai
Centre
( Shanghai Shangcheng; Ste 203-204, Shanghai Centre, 1376 West Nanjing
Rd; 1376 203
West Nanjing Rd).
Private medical care by expat doctors, dentists
and specialists.
Money
Almost every hotel has money-changing counters. Most tourist hotels, upmar-
ket restaurants and banks accept major credit cards. Twenty-four hour ATMs
are everywhere; most accept major cards.
Bank of China
( Zhongguo Yinhang;
Click here
The Bund;
9am-noon &
1.30-4.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat)
Citibank
( Huaqi Yinhang;
Click here
The Bund; 24hr)
Useful ATM.
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank
( HSBC; Huifeng Yinhang)
Shanghai Centre
(West
Nanjing Rd)
; The Bund
(15 East Zhongshan No 1 Rd)
Public Security Bureau
(PSB; Gong'anju; 2895 1900, ext 2; 1500 Minsheng Rd; 1500 9am-4.30pm Mon-
Sat; Science & Technology Museum)
Handles visas and registrations; 30-day visa
extensions cost around ¥160. In Pudong.
Tourist Information
Your hotel should be able to provide you with maps and most of the tourist in-
formation you require. For other helpful websites,
Click here
.
Shanghai Call Centre
( 962 288; 24hr)
This toll-free English-language hotline is
possibly the most useful telephone number in Shanghai - it can even give your cab
driver directions if you've got a mobile phone.
