Medical Care Abroad

Medical emergencies abroad

In the event of a medical emergency, students should go immediately to the nearest physician or hospital and then contact MSU’s 24/7 Emergency Assistant Line or HTH's emergency assistance line for additional assistance such as inpatient direct billing, care management or other types of assistance.

MSU 24/7 Emergency Assistance Line: (517) 353-3784

HTH 24/7 Emergency Assistance Line: (610) 254-8771

HTH Worldwide is able to make arrangements for direct billing at nearly 500 hospital facilities around the world. Requests for direct billing should be made in advance of or simultaneous to hospital admission. For this reason, it’s important to have the phone number of the hospital you are entering when you call either MSU or HTH 24/7 Emergency Assistance Line.

OSA may choose, in consultation with the program leaders or on-site representatives, to inform emergency contacts about a potential emergency abroad without the student’s permission, such as when the student:

• is unable to speak for themselves,
• has been missing for more than 24 hours,
• is perceived to be a danger to themselves or others, or when
• a significant health, safety or security incident affecting the entire program has occurred abroad