Greece Travel Guía

Officially they allow to the  British community ones of the European Union to the medical care in Greece on the presentation of a form of E111, available of most of post office. Free, nevertheless, it means the entry only to the lowest grade of state hospital known as a yenikó nosokomío, and does not include the care of nurse's profession, special tests or the medication cost. If you need the long medical care, you should be useful of the private treatment, which is so expensive as everywhere in western Europe this is where its trips insurance policy enters practically. EU, Canada, Australia and New Zealand do not have any formal agreements of attention of health with Greece.

There are no inoculations needed for Greece, although it is possible to make sure that you  one has to vaccinate the lockjaw and the polio. The water is quite sure throughout, although you find by chance scarcity or healthy provisions on some drying devices and in the most remote islands. The bottled water is extensively available if you feel cautious.

Specific dangers
The main problems of health experienced by visitors have to do with the exhibition excess to the sun. To fight it do not spend too much time in the sun, cover members, take a hat, and drink a lot of liquid in the warm months to avoid any sunstroke danger; remember that the still cloudy sun can be burning hot. For the visit to the sea, they are necessary, the goggles or a mask of plunge for the swimming and the footwear for wet gait or on rough rocks they are very useful.

The drugstores or drug stores
For the least ailment it is quite normal to go to the local drugstore. Greek pharmacists are trained and they distribute a number of medicines that in another part might only be prescribed by a doctor. In the biggest cities and in general one speaks good English. The drugstores are closed in general in the evenings and Saturdays mornings, but they all should have a monthly program, both in English and in the Greek, on its door showing to the night finished list and pharmacists opened the weekend in the city.

Doctors and hospitals
You will find doctors of English speech of any of the biggest cities; the tourist police, the personnel of the hotel or its consulate should still be capable of coming to its called one if you have any difficulty. For an ambulance, telephone 166. In cases of urgency (courts, breaks, etc), they give to the free treatment in state hospitals. Some better sound the ordinary outpatient clinics planned (yiatría) connected to most of the public hospitals and also in rural places. The habitual hours are 8am at midday, although it is possible that some abrá between 1 and 5pm.