Health
In the desert climate of Dahab, your body is particularly stressed. We give you tips on which you should respect, and which you can do just in case.
The first days after the landing in Egypt is a large load for the body: a hotter, drier climate, completely different micro cultures (bacteria), different foods, so take more salt. In these phases it comes to large conversions: your body only starts to adjust itself to the new situation.
Also it comes often to weaknesses , Diarrhea (loose, watery stools occurring more than three times in one day), etc.
This has nothing to do with the last meal you had , but it is a natural reaction of the body by the completely different bacteria of the desert climate of Egypt - which you catch automatically through the water and the air. So it does not help just to avoid ice cream and salad, you must simply go through it!
Nevertheless there are certain things to consider:
1. Do not lie in the sun for a long time, particularly in the first days - the sun is very strong, in the wind one underestimates the effect, then only in the evening one feels the pain.
2. Drink alot of water. Water from plastic bottles is cheap (1,50)and everywhere to get . In the dry heat of Dahab, one needs for the body more liquid than usual.Supply yourself with at least 3 litres per day -however more the better. Drink it continuously in small quantities.
3. Do not drink from the water pipeline. The tap water in Dahab is desalinated and clorinated from the sea but still has a degree of salt.
4. Give yourself some time. Your body must only get accustomed to the foreign climate and the foreign micro cultures. You help it by moving slowly, as well as in big meals and alcohol drinking. Slowly!
Vaccinations
At present there are no vaccination requirements for Egypt, but we recommend a booster of the following vaccinations: Hepatitis A, Tetanus and Polio. Medications are easily available in the local pharmacies.
Bring your own little First Aid Kit with plasters, disinfectant and dehydration salts for the hot climate.
Clinic and Hospital
Dahab Hospital: 3640208
Dahab-Clinic (Mashraba-Road)
Tel. Ambulance: 123
Next big hospital: Sharm el Sheikh
Hyperbaric medical center and search & rescue Dahab, next to Dahabeya Hotel
Dr Adel Taher
069 3640536 daily emergencv number 9:30-6pm
Emergency (24hours) : 0101433325
Dr Taher directly (24 hours): 0122124292
DECO Recompression Chamber:
Mashraba
+20 69 3640 572, +20 12 3993 862
Doctors
Dr Sherif Salah
M.B.B.c H M.Sc
Master Degree in General Surgery
FRCS
Hilton Hotel, inside Sinai Divers Center
Tel. +20 69 364 03 10
Mob. +20 12 220 8484
Dr Ahmed Sadek
Mashraba Road
Tel.: +20 12 348 62 09
Pharmacy
Ali Baba Shopping Center
Masbat, Seafront (E6)
Dr Ahmed Pharmacy
Mashraba Road (F7)
Pharmacy Ganet Sinai (Dahab City)
Tel.: +20 12 762 31 81
Dentist
DOCTOR MAHMOUD
dentist's implantologiest hygienist
Tel: 012-1707750
Dr. Adel Ramadan
Tel.: +20 12 451 59 98
