Useful numbers in Tibet
General Numbers:
- Local Phone Number Inquiries: 114
- Long-distance Phone Number Inquiries: 113
- Police: 110
- Fire: 119
- Ambulance: 120
- Weather Broadcast: 121
- Consumer Complain: 12315
- Tourist complaint Center: 0891-6833476
Area Phone Code:
- Lhasa: 0891
- Shigatse: 0892
- Shannan: 0893
- Nyingchi: 0894
- Chamdo: 0895
- Nakchu: 0896
- Ngari: 0897
Transportation:
- Gonggar Airport Information Desk: 0891-6182220
- Airplane Ticket Offices: 0891-6833446/6322417
- Bus Station of TAR: 0891-6824469
Hospitals in Lhasa:
- Tibetan Traditional Hospital (Mentsikhang), on Yuthok Lu and opposite the Barkhor Square, also has English speaking doctors and the staff is kind.
Tel. 6324211 (emergency department), 6323244 - People’s Hospital Lhasa, east of the junction where Beijing Dong Lu meets Lingkhor Dong Lu. Tel. 6323811 (emergency department)
- TAR Hospital of Tibetan Medicine, north end of Niangre Nan Lu
- Military Hospital Dental Clinic, on Beijing Xi Lu and near Holiday Inn
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