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HEALTH IN by Anne Bréchet |
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The following information is based on the
assumption that before leaving the NOTE The EHIC provides cover only for temporary
visitors to |
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WHAT TO DO WHEN... |
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There
is a hospital emergency |
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The main county
hospital for the Vendée is the Centre Hospitalier Départemental (CHD) at La
Roche sur Yon. A full list of its
individual hospital departments and direct-line numbers is in the White Pages
of the telephone book, in the La Roche sur Yon
section. The English page of
the website for the hospital in Les Sables d’Olonne tells you what to do when
arriving at A&E (“urgences”), which will be roughly the same
procedure for other hospitals too. (NB The pages
still refer to the E111 form, which has now been superseded by the EHIC.) Hospitals in Vendée include: Challans Centre
Hospitalier Loire Vendée Océan (02 51 49 50 00)
Boulevard Guérin (near station), 85300 Challans Fontenay le
Comte Centre Hospitalier (02 51 53 51 53) 40, rue Rabelais, 85200 Fontenay-le-Comte Urgences (A&E),
11, rue Dr R Laforge, 85200 Fontenay-le-Comte Ile d’Yeu Hôpital (02 51 26 08 00)
17, impasse Louis Raymond, 85350 Port-Joinville Luçon Centre Hospitalier (02 51 28 33 33)
41, rue Henri Renaud, 85407 Luçon Montaigu Centre Hospitalier Georges Clemenceau (02 51 45 40 00)
54, rue St Jacques, 85600 Montaigu La Roche sur Yon Centre Hospitalier Départemental (02 51 44 61 61)
Les Oudairies
(NE of town), 85000 La Roche-sur-Yon Les Sables
d’Olonne Centre Hospitalier Côte de Lumière (02 51 32 05 77)
75, avenue d’Aquitaine, 85100 Les Sables-d’Olonne (English page) St Gilles Croix de Vie Hôpital (02 51 60 83 00) Complete listings of
hospitals can be found in the Yellow Pages under Hôpitaux. |
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1. IF AN ADULT HAS
TO GO INTO HOSPITAL WHILE YOU ARE IN THE VENDEE: This is about
arrangements for an adult who has to be admitted to hospital. After admission to
the ward, take the patient’s European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and
passport to the Bureau des Entrées
and register the patient. Normally the EHIC covers 80 per cent of treatment
and there is a hotel charge of 16 euros per day. If you have holiday
insurance, it should pay some or all of the remaining 20 per cent. If you
have private medical insurance phone your company to see if you are covered
for this event. About a month after discharge, you, or your insurance company
will receive a bill for these charges. If you have lost your
EHIC, or forgotten to bring it with you, you should contact The Department of
Social Security, Pensions and Overseas Benefits Directorate, Newcastle upon
Tyne, England NE98 1BA (00 44 191 218 7547) and they will fax a form to you. |
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2. IF YOUR
CHILD GOES INTO HOSPITAL WHILE YOU ARE IN VENDEE: This is about
arrangements while you are staying in the hospital with your child, and about
hospital charges. The Children’s
Department is “Service Pédiatrie” At the beginning of
your child’s stay you should take your EHIC and child’s passport to the Bureau des Entrées (Admissions) and
register your child as a patient. Normally the EHIC covers 80 per cent of
treatment and there is a “hotel” charge of 16 euros per day. If you have
holiday insurance, it should pay some or all of the remaining 20 per cent. If
you have private medical insurance phone your company to see if you are
covered for this event. About a month after discharge, you, or your insurance
company will receive a bill for these charges. If you have lost your
EHIC, or forgotten to bring it with you, you should contact The Department of
Social Security, Pensions and Overseas Benefits Directorate, Newcastle upon
Tyne, England NE98 1BA (00 44 191 218 7547) and they will fax a form to you. Meals are available
from the hospital while you are staying with your child, the hospital will
explain how and where to get food, if necessary. You will also have a bed to sleep in and
shower facilities. |
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3. HOW TO PAY Any bills for meals
should be settled at the Bureau des
Entrées on the ground floor when the person is discharged from hospital. The hospital charges
can be settled by cheque or card. After you have paid
send the receipt, duly completed, with a copy of your EHIC to the French
Social Security Office (CPAM) which deals with you sector. They will liaise
directly with the DSS in Caisses
Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) in the Vendée Challans CPAM, 4 boulevard René Bazin, 85300 Challans
(02 51 49 38 83) Fontenay le Comte CPAM, 2 boulevard Du Guesclin, 85200
Fontenay le Comte (02 51 69 29 90) Les Herbiers CPAM, 45 rue de Clisson, 85500
Les Herbiers (02 51 91 09 09) Luçon CPAM, Cité André Biron, 85400
Luçon (02 28 14 00 76) La Roche sur Yon CPAM, rue Alain, 85000 La Roche sur Yon (02 51 44 16 16) Les Sables d’Olonne CPAM,
18 rue Félix Faure, 85100 Les Sables d’Olonne (02 51 32 06 26) |
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