A relaxing holiday can suddenly turn into stress if you are dealing with illness, a hospitalization or the death of a loved one. Last summer the alarm center of our health insurance funds received 7,934 calls for urgent help, 8 percent more than the year before. And 763 Belgians died abroad in 2024. Who do you contact? How do you avoid financial dramas in repatriation or medical breakdown? HLN consumer expert Safia Yachou and Roeland Byl, spokesperson for Solidaris, answer your questions.
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What if you get sick or a loved one dies on vacation? “See that you always have this number to hand”
Bytaketonews
Jul 30, 2025