European Heath Insurance Card (EHIC)- Get this For Free B Efore Travelling Within EU Region! #travel

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Hello everyone, how are you? I hope you are keeping well and I'm doing well here as well.
So did you know about this European health insurance card?
You can get this card for free in Ireland and you can carry this to any EU country and you can get
yourself treated whenever in need. So keep watching the video and I'll explain you how you can get it
and what are the benefits of having this card. So anyone who has a private public service number
PPSN number in Ireland, they can get this card very easily and the benefits of having this card
is that if you encounter any emergency situation in any of the EU countries, for example in France,
so you can get the medical services by showing this card for free in any of the public hospitals.
So I will now let you know how you can apply for this and get this. First of all,
open your browser and type there EHIC card which is European health insurance card. So once the
link appears, just click on that and it will take you to the website of EHIC. Select apply for HSA
card Ireland and then just scroll down and there are three options. If you live in Ireland, you can
apply in person, by post or online. So you can only apply online if you have any medical card
or if you have drug payment scheme card with you, otherwise you won't be eligible for online
application. Then there are some contact offices in Cork, in Dublin, in Galway, so in every county
these offices are available. So just select whichever is relevant for you. Now we'll move up
again. So if we are applying in person, we have already seen the local offices there
and we'll have to give our details, name, date of birth, DPS number etc. Then if we are applying
by post, then we'll have to fill this form. We just click on it and it will appear now.
So this is a form, this has very easy fields to fill out. Once you have filled these out,
you can complete these and just dispatch it to any of the local offices you selected
on the list of offices there. Then in case of applying online, if you are eligible,
just click on apply online here and you will be redirected to online form. So these fields are
also very easy. You just have to enter your name, date of birth, gender etc. Every field which has
are important fields and they need to be filled. In this social security link,
you have to select the country, Ireland, because we are applying through Ireland.
And then when we have entered our address, we can at the end
select the local office, whichever county we have selected which is relevant to us.
Just select it and proceed online. Secondly, we can see from this list
which countries accept this EHIC card. So these are the EU countries, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia etc. And then we will click here countries that get treatment with EHIC and
from here we can get to know what we need to do to avail these services and what is the coverage
offered by these countries or these hospitals. So every detail is available here. You can go
through this link and read yourself and get the relevant information you want to know.
So we will end up here and this is a very good facility and I came to know
lately when I was planning a trip for myself to European countries. I've got one. This is very
convenient like when you apply for it, you will get it like within three to four days
by post at your home. I was eligible so I simply applied online and it was very easy for me.
But if you don't have any medical card or if you don't have any drug payment scheme card,
then you'll have to choose other options like applying by post or visit in person.
So in that case, the procedure will be slightly different but
it will be like you will get it within three to four working days. I hope this
information is very helpful for you and if you have any questions, please
add your questions in the comment section and I'll try to respond them. Thank you. Bye.
