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hospitals

KIMS Oman Hospital ,Darsait

Muscat Private Hospital, Ghubrah

Al Nahda Hospital, Ghubrah

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Al Hamriya

Al Shatti Hospital, Shatti al Qurum

Atlas Star Medical Centre, Bausher

Al Amal Medical Centre-Al Wadi Al Kabir, Al-Khuwair

Royal Hospital

Badr Al Sama Hospital-Ruwi,Al Khuwair, Al Khoud,Barka,Sohar,Salalah

Babylon Medical Centre, Amerat

contact

Global calling card 'Global One' does not work in Muscat. Though the global one website lists the rates for calls from Oman there are no numbers listed along side. The nearest 'Global One' help line is in Dubai.

Pre-paid telephone cards called Jibreen Cards are available at most stores. It's available in denominations of 5 Rials and 1.5 Rials. A 5 Rial card gets you 11 minutes of talk time.

The Hayak card is the pre-paid card for cellular phones.

atms

ATMs are very common now, especially in the Embassy district and near most shopping malls, larger hotels, petrol stations and supermarkets. Also, every little neighbourhood has a several bank branches.

Bank Muscat is by far the largest bank in Oman and one of the largest in Gulf. It has over 230 ATMs all around Muscat.

laundry

If you are in a 4 star hotel, they will charge a lot for laundry. If you take a short walk to any of the numerous Indian run laundry stores, your money will go a lot farther. Keep in mind that if you drop off your clothes on a Monday, they typically won't be ready until Wednesday.

newspapers

Times of Oman

(http://www.timesofoman.com)

Khaleej Times

(http://www.khaleejtimes.com)

Oman Daily Observer

Oman Tribune

The Week

H!

Oman Today

a small glossy magazine with tips on tourism, local trips and eating-out. It is published monthly.

A number of many Indian and Gulf newspapers are also available.

gyms

There are some very good gymnasiums in the 4 to 5 star hotels and some privately run gyms in other places like Millennium Gym, Horizon Gym etc. You may pay money for that extra with the number of days you stay in Muscat.