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Minor medical drama this evening as one group member suffering from a recurrence of tonsilitis required prompt medical attention after a worrying rise in body temperature. Access to the local doctor was secured within 5 minutes via the hotel and the patient was rushed to the local GP surgery.
Not bad for a Sunday evening in a remote Cretan village.
Treatment was prescribed without charge and put the patient on a rapid road to recovery.
This level of medical service would be difficult, if not impossible, to secure in the UK under similar circumstances.
A triumph for the Greek Health Service…