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Citizens of all European Union and Scandinavian countries are entitled to take advantage of French health services under the same terms as residents, providing they have the correct documentation. British citizens need to have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC); apply online via the Department of Health website, or call 0845 606 2030 for an application form. You can also pick one up at major post offices. North American and other non-European Union citizens have to pay for most medical attention, so it would be prudent to consider travel insurance.

The Donjon de Vez (Route 2)

Any hospital visit, doctor's consultation and prescribed medicine incur a charge, which could be expensive. If you are unwell you can visit a local GP/doctor (un médecin) who nearly always speaks some English and charges about 25 euros, regardless of nationality. Most pharmacies (look for a blinking green neon cross above a shop) can give you the name and address of a GP nearby, or look under Médecins Qualifiés in the local Yellow Pages. To see a GP outside business hours or at weekends you will have to locate the doctor on call (médecin de garde) in the immediate area. Either dial the number 15 (SAMU – French Emergency Health Service/Paramedics number) and await the operator, or check in the local newspaper, which should list the doctor on call and out-of-hours pharmacy (pharmacie de garde) for that given week. A closed pharmacy will display the address of the nearest open pharmacy, daytime or evening. In serious emergencies you will always be admitted to the nearest hospital. The local fire brigade is not averse to helping out in an emergency either, so remember the phone number 18. Dialling 15 or 18 are free of charge, as is 17 for the police.