Visitors from the E.U. and Scandinavian countries can enjoy the same health services as french citizens. To do so they must obtain from their social security at home the form E111. Other visitors are strongly advised to take out a travel insurance.
Centre Medical Europe 44, rue d'Amsterdam 9e.
tel: 33 1 42 81 93 33 offers a variety of different practitionners charging low consultation fees.
English-speaking hospitals:
The American Hospital in Paris
63 bd Victor Hugo Neuilly-sur-Seine
tel: 33 1 46 41 25 25 (metro: Anatole France /Pont de Levallois).
The Hertford British Hospital
3, rue Barbes Levallois-Perret tel: 33 1 46 39 22 22 (metro: Anatole France)
Specific problems
AIDS: Sida Info Service (SIS) Tel: 05 36 66 36 a free 24 hours nationwide telephone hotline.
Free and anonymous test in :
Centre Medico Social 3, rue Ridder,14e. tel: 33 1 45 43 83 78
Centre Medico Social 218, rue de Belleville, 20e
tel: 33 1 47 97 40 49