Building on the principle of the dossier médical partagé (DMP), the new(ish) online health platform, Mon espace santé, is recent initiative from the French Ministry of Health.
How and when to update your Carte Vitale
All patients in France should be offered the possibility of a tele-consultation, especially those with mobility problems.
A complémentaire santé (or mutuelle, the old fashioned way of saying the same thing) is a policy which reimburses medical costs not covered by the Social Security.
A whole host of interesting facts about the region and further afield for your reading pleasure. So, did you know…?
Who to call if you have a medical emergency in France…
Did you know that if you don’t sign an ‘opt out’ register, your organs can automatically be used for transplant after death?
If you are resident in France, the chances are you are part of the excellent French health care system, accessed via the trusty carte vitale. But what if you’re travelling abroad this summer? Or any other time, for that matter!
Last year, out of 170 new words to be added to the French dictionary, a large number of them were Covid related.
“L’école à l’Hôpital” is looking for volunteers to provide homework help (all levels and subjects, from nursery school to high school) for children receiving treatment at Perpignan hospital.