Middle East
Healthcare and travel insurance in Palestine
$346health spend per person
Healthcare in Palestine
Basic to adequate care in Ramallah and Bethlehem; East Jerusalem hospitals such as Augusta Victoria and Makassed are better. Checkpoints can delay ambulances.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Pharmacies in every town; most common medicines are available without fuss.
- Doctors: 2.2 per 1,000 people (2018, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 100 · Ambulance 101 · Fire 102.
Healthcare & insurance by place
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- UK FCDO travel advice: The Occupied Palestinian Territories
- ETA-IL (Israel Population and Immigration Authority)
- Travel Palestine (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
- World Bank open data
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