At the age of 44, while holidaying in Cyprus I had a heart attack on Christmas day, (I knew I shoud'nt have booked that lunch) the ambulance was an old peugot van, and they carried me out, not on a stretcher, but in a blanket, through the lobby of our 5 star hotel, now this is your worst nightmare, getting an emergency in some foriegn land, the clinic they took me to was brand new, and the 3 weeks intensive care, was wonderful, by the cypriot doctors and nurses, except for the old greek cook, who's boiled chicken gave me salmomella, this was followed up by being accompianed on the way home by an English Doctor who came out to look after me, skylift onto the plane and a private ambulance at this end, when I phoned my doctor, was greeted with can you get down surgery, I might be able to see you on Thursday, that told me I was home, a couple more heart attacks, and dying once or twice I got a by-pass, and am still going after 10 years.
The moral of all this is always get insurance whatever the cost, they paid for everything, including my wife staying on in Cyprus, at the hotel, extra car hire, and all Medical Expenses.
Alan
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