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Holiday HD Dialysis in France

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Am looking at going to France on holiday but can not find any sites that are in English (non french speeker) and have spoken to my holiday co-ordinator at my dialysis centre who says the French are not very helpful.

Has any one been to France and could advise me of web sites.

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Hello

I have dialysed many times in France and have always had nothing but top class care. Most of the units I have been in have been top class, much better than my home unit in Lincolnshire. The language can be a problem but you are going to their country, what I do is get several 'key' dialysis phrases translated on a sheet of paper so that I can at least make a basic communication with the staff.

One unit in St Malo several years ago had an Austrailian nurse so that was a surprise and helped communications!

Also look on Global Dialysis website which has a tremendous amount of information on dialysis units all over the world as well as France. I f the language remains a problem there are many quite cheap translation software programmes available.

Hope some of this helps?

Best Regards

Colin

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Thanks for your input and looking into the St Malo area as this is where the family want to go.

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