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EHIC Card - Prague

  • 06-08-2008 1:16pm
    #1
    ruthkell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭


    Hi, Would the E111 card be sufficient to bring to prague to cover any unforeseen medical problems that may arise?
    Dont want to bother with travel insurance as we only going for 2 days and not bringing alot of cash!! Got cheap deal so flight cover wouldnt make us up!!
    What are prague public hospitals like?


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  • #2
    Trampas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,989 ✭✭✭Trampas


    what about lost luggage.

    more to travel insurance than just medical


  • #3
    ruthkell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭ruthkell


    2 days - 27 degrees heat - travelling very light!! I would worry more that I would be looked after healthwise if needed! Obviously not expecting anything medical to happen but if it does and I can just pop to the local hospital then that suits me.
    So, anybody know the story in Prague?


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    It isn't called the E111 anymore - its the EHIC. http://www.ehic.ie/


  • #5
    ruthkell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭ruthkell


    Sorry, EHIC card! Anybody any experience using it?


  • #6
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    You should *always* have adequate travel insurance.


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  • #7
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    BuffyBot wrote: »
    You should *always* have adequate travel insurance.

    Agreed. The EHIC entitles you to the same medical cover that is available to residents of whatever state you are visiting. You can check for the Czech Republic on the link that Victor gave.

    But it does not cover other things like your personal property, the cost of delay or cancellation, or medical evacuation. If you make more than one trip a year, an annual policy is usually better value than buying single-trip policies.


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