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Hot Tips and InfoAir temperatures can drop below - 20oC (-4o F), not good if you have a dicky ticker - Pre-existing condition*/Come Clean Charming old capital city Riga is worth a butchers - Last-Minute Getaways* Over 64 but itching to go bareback riding on wild horses - Activity Pursuits Go bungee jumping, water rafting and trail trekking in Gauja National Park, Sigulda Medical facilities can be basic - and mean emergency repatriation - Medical evacuation* Some of the former Eastern Bloc countries - Latvia, for instance - also have poor or developing infrastructures, so you'll need to be evacuated to places such as Turkey or back to the UK. For free or reduced medical cover, don't forget your E111 Form GuidesThe Rough Guide to the Baltic States (Rough Guide Travel Guides) - Jonathan Bousfield Baltic Capitals - Neil Taylor, et al BRADT Travel Guides
Medical and HealthWhere to Get InformationYou can get information from local sickness insurance funds or: Compulsory Health InsuranceState AgencyBaznicas25RigaLV-1010.Tel. +371 7043700www.voava.lve-mail:voava@voava.lvDocumentation requiredForm E111. You'll need to present your Form E111 whenever you need treatment or prescriptions. Ask practitioners if they're contracted with the state scheme. Private treatment won't be reimbursed. Doctors, Dentists & PrescriptionsUnder the Latvian health care system, patients pay small standard contributions towards the cost of various treatments up to a maximum. Currently this is 25 LVL for hospitalisation and 80 for other services. These fees don't apply to children under 18 years or pregnant women when they're receiving treatment related to their pregnancy or emergencies.  Any dentist you see must be contracted with a sickness insurance fund, the Compulsory Health Insurance State Agency. You'll have to pay for most dental services. For children up to 18 years, most treatments are free. Medicines are prescribed by doctors and dispensed by pharmacies. There are prescription charges which you'll have to pay. Hospital Treatment & Ambulance Costs In an emergency you can go directly to a hospital. In other circumstances you'll need a referral from a general practitioner or medical specialist to be admitted as an in-patient. There's a hospital admission fee and a daily charge for inpatient treatment from the second day of an admission, up to a maximum. Day Centres also require an admission fee and a co-payment from the second day of an admission. Use of an ambulance is free if it is requested by the "national immediate medical treatment service" (the public health service). You won't get a refund if you pay to see a doctor who isn't contracted with a sickness insurance fund. ©Crown copyright |