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Commonly Used Telephone Numbers

The following phone numbers may be helpful to you. You may dial the numbers as shown from your hospital room:

Hospital operator: 0 Administration: 2-8000 Registration: 2-2141 Boone County National Bank: 9 + 874-8577 Cafeteria menu hot line: 2-8129 Cafeteria deli ordering: 2-1800 Chaplain: 2-2236 Guest Services: 2-1053 Information Desk: 2-3948 Long-distance operator: 9 + 0

Main Street Café menu hot line: 2-1102 Main Street carry-out ordering: 2-1100 Medtique Gift Shop: 4-2550 Pharmacy Services: 2-8600 Security: 2-7147 Social Services: 2-2221 Patient Accounts: University Hospital: 4-3300 University Physicians: 2-6927

How to use your telephone

Local calls: From your room, dial 9 + the 7-digit
number you would like to call. Long-distance calls: Calls may not be billed to your room. Long-distance calls must be made collect or with a calling card. To place a collect call, dial 9 + 0 + the area code and number.

• To access AT&T, dial 9 + 0 + the number.
• To access Sprint, dial 9 + 1010333 + 0.
• To access MCI, dial 9 + 1010222 + 0.
• For all other carriers, check your calling card.

Directory assistance: There is a charge for directory assistance, including local directory assistance. For local directory assistance, dial 0. The hospital operator will look up the number for you. Long-distance directory assistance must be placed on a calling card.

Receiving calls: Phone calls for you will be transferred to your room by the hospital operator, or the caller may call your room directly by using the phone number that appears on the board at the head of your bed. Between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., all calls will be sent to your nurses station first. If you are in an intensive care unit, all calls will be sent to your nursing station and they will forward to your room as appropriate.

Communication aids for the hearing impaired

TDDs (telephone aids) are available for hearing-impaired patients, and TTYs (teletypewriters) are available for deaf patients. Sign language interpreters also are available. To arrange for these services, please contact your nurse.

Language interpreters

Interpreters are available to help patients and families who do not understand English. Please let your nurse know if you need an interpreter. El hospital ofrece los servicios de intérpretes de español para pacientes y familias que no entiendan inglés. Si usted necesita esos servicios, por favor pídalo al personal de enfermería. Prevodioci su na raspolaganju da pomognu bolesnicima i njihovim obiteljima koji ne govare ni razumiju engliski. Molim vas, obavijestite va e bolni arku ako trebate prevodioca.