Hospitals
Please see the Lombok main article for a more comprehensive list of medical facilities available in Mataram.
Mataram Public Hospital
The islands main public hospital with UGD Unit Gawat Darurat-Emergency treatment room, ICU and OR facilities, laboratorium, Specialist consulting rooms.
Try to keep off the roads at night and avoid travelling in the more remote areas on your own.
Lock up your possessions and never leave your luggage or personal items unattended.
Please see the main Lombok article for more details on health and safety.
emergency service
Ambulance
In emergency dial - 118The reality is that unless within the confines of the main city of Mataram/Ampenan/Cakranegara an ambulance is normally too far away to provide prompt transport in the case of a true emergency. Most often a taxi, police vehicle or a private car is used to get someone requiring urgent medical attention to a hospital. The ambulances in Lombok are more often used in the role of assisted patient transport rather than for first responder/paramedic supported emergency assistance and transport.
Klinik Risa
Full hospital facilities available on site, specialist consulting rooms, Dentist.
contact
South Lombok has varying terrain from urban townships to remote valleys beaches and coastal bays. Accordingly mobile telephonary varies from reasonable to patchy to non-existent.The towns and built up areas normally have reasonable to good coverage from the two main operators.
Telkonsel is operated by Indonesia's Telkom. They provide GSM 2G and in some areas 3G reception and broadband wireless connections may be possible.
XL comm also provides a wide coverage of 2G and in some areas 3G coverage.
Telkom also provide a 2.5G CDMA service branded as "Flexi" throughout much of Lombok.
Post office services are available in Mataram at the central post office. It may be prudent to use the the main office in Mataram at Jalan Sriwijarya, Mataram, â +62 370 632645 if required.
Post offices are described as Kantor Pos in Indonesia.
talk
The language of the south of Lombok is a dialect of the indigenous Bahasa Sasak language of the Sasak peoples of Lombok. Bahasa Indonesian is spoken by many people especially the younger generations. In the tourism areas some people may speak limited English. In the larger Kuta hotels and tourism establishments there is more likelihood of English speakers being available.