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Emergency numbers and what to do

999 reaches everything, and English is not a problem.

The numbers

Emergency numbers and what to do
ForCall
Police, fire, ambulance999
Directorate of Traffic199
  • 999 works nationally and operators handle English readily - Bahrain is straightforward in this respect.

If something goes wrong

  • You will be billed for emergency treatment. Contact your insurer at the same time as the hospital, and expect to need accessible funds.
  • Report a crime and get the report for any claim.
  • A road accident: call the traffic directorate and do not move the vehicles.

Around a demonstration

  • Leave. Do not photograph or film it, and do not share footage of it - redistributing images of security sites and operations is itself an offence here.
  • Anniversaries of political events are the days when this is most likely to matter.

Before you leave

  • Settle fines and bills. Traffic fines attach to a rental car and then to you.
  • If you drove the causeway, make sure the Saudi side has nothing outstanding either.

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