However, if your injury is serious and you have to call the ambulance car or you are sent to a hospital, you won’t be charged anything.

Patient: So I won’t pay anything for the stay in hospital?

Nurse: You will be charged 60 CZK for each day spent in a hospital.

Patient: And what about prescriptions? Are they free?

Nurse: No, there is a fee of 30 CZK for each medicine on the prescription. But of course if you buy over-the-counter medicine, you aren’t charged any extra fee.

Patient: Thank you very much for valuable information.

Nurse: You’re welcome, information is for free...

Nurse: Good morning, can I help you? Patient: Good morning, my name is Peter Garibaldi.

I am looking for a general practitioner in the Czech Republic, but I still don’t understand when and how much I have to pay for a medical treatment.

Nurse: Well, Mr. Garibaldi, I can explain it to you.Patient: Great. So do I have to pay every time

I come to see a practitioner? How much?Nurse: No, you don’t pay anything if you come

for a regular check-up or a vaccination, or if you come only for a laboratory or a diagnostic examination (such as X-ray or blood test). But if the doctor examines you clinically, you have to pay 30 CZK.

Patient: Even if it is an emergency case, for example when I am injured?

Nurse: If you come to an outpatient emergency, you will have to pay 90 CZK.

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