I'm trying to find out what coverage a cruise ship passenger might have with an EHIC card if they are hospitalised and treated in an EU country after the ship has sailed without them. I have been informed that it doesn't cover cruise ship passengers at all and they must have/have had accommodation on land at the time of their accident or illness.
The rules on all of the EHIC sites I can find state that anyone with a card 'on a temporary stay' is covered. So, what is the definition of a temporary stay? Surely they are on such a temporary stay if they are spending nights in a hospital? Their address can no longer be the ship, as it has sailed away without them. Or are these people just in no man's land (pun intended)?
I know that adequate travel insurance is required, but this seems like an anomaly to me.
The rules on all of the EHIC sites I can find state that anyone with a card 'on a temporary stay' is covered. So, what is the definition of a temporary stay? Surely they are on such a temporary stay if they are spending nights in a hospital? Their address can no longer be the ship, as it has sailed away without them. Or are these people just in no man's land (pun intended)?
I know that adequate travel insurance is required, but this seems like an anomaly to me.