holiday nightmares

[fitzy]

Need a bit of help please.. my mum and step dad have gone to benidorm
for 2 weeks.My dad has taken ill overthere with his heart.They are going
to do some tests tomorrow.When they booked it they didnt tell them that
he had a bad heart as it was 9 years ago.They rep said that the insuran,
ce would not cover them.The hospital they are in is private and its 500
pound a day.The rep said that if the get some kind of (E) card to fill in
They will tranfer him to a nhs hospital but they will have to pay the
private hospital for how long they where there..Its costing me a bomb
to phone from my mobile i dont know how mutch its going to cost from
my sky talk..Can some one shed any light on anything iv said.Thanks.
fitzy. didnt know where to post this..

[flipper321]

For NHS type cover in certain european countries evryone should get a EHIC card....

See here for more details....

http://www.ehicard.org/?gclid=CNPZpa...FQZgMAodMH9pSw

You need to get in contact with the insurance company ASAP....

[Tr1xerb3ll]

it used to be the paper bit you got from postoffice to say that you are nhs now its a card that you get before you go and its right you can do it online and sytart the cover straight away soon as you get the numbers. hope this helps.

[Tommy J]

With regards to the insurance side of things, it doesn't looks good.
When you fill out the insurance you need to declare all previous conditions etc. The insurance company are quite within their right to decline your parents claim.
Worth a call to them though, which insurance company is it byt he way?

[BlackMagic69]

Sorry to hear that hope everything works out ok.
Trixerbell and Tommy J are both right about this, hopefully the NHS will help out but your parents may have to pay for the treatment and then try and get some of the money back.

[fitzy]

Thanks for your help lads..the e card doesnt run out till another
3 years.I no there is a new e card now but i think the old one
will be ok as it doesent run out yet.thanks. fitzy