Travel Medicine

Healthy travel today means more planning and preparation than most business and vacation travelers are used to, particularly when visiting foreign countries.

The more we travel, the more we are exposed to diseases our bodies have never had to fight before. Malaria, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Hepatitis, Cholera and many other dangerous diseases are epidemic in many parts of our shrinking world.

Berkshire Health Systems International Travel Health Services, located at BHS Urgent Care/Berkshire Occupational Health, 505 East St., St. Luke's Square in Pittsfield, offers a full range of information on travel-related health issues, medical services and health counseling for the international traveler. Each year tens of thousands of vacation and business trips are shattered by sudden illness, which might have been prevented. Travelers abroad owe it to themselves to be fully prepared for the real risks which may be encountered.

Available to all travelers, Berkshire Health Systems International Travel Health Services provides:

• Up-to-the-minute information on what you need virtually anywhere in the world
• Personal evaluation and recommendation for preventive measures and medications
• All legally required or medically recommended vaccines and immunizations
• Official International Certificate of Vaccination required by foreign immigration authorities
• Medical travel kits
• Free patient education materials

Contact Information:
413-447-2684
Our address is: BHS Urgent Care/Berkshire Occupational Health, 505 East St., St. Luke's Square, Pittsfield, MA