Accessing health care on holiday in Spain

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I wonder if anyone can help.
My son is in Spain on holiday, staying with a friend and his grandparents in rural Granada.

He thinks he needs medical attention, worried about heatstroke and is getting heart palpitations.

Anyway, the question is if he is entitled to free health care there?

He has an Irish passport, lives in UK.

Unfortunately, I didn't fill out any forms for free healthcare before he left.

Does he not have travel insurance?

Is he a U.K. National with an Irish passport or an Irish citizen?

I trust he has travel insurance?

As he lives in the UK, follow the advice on here
https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/get-healthcare-cover-travelling-abroad/get-temporary-cover-emergency-treatment-abroad-provisional-replacement-certificate

Anyway, if he’s British apply here. https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/get-healthcare-cover-travelling-abroad/get-temporary-cover-emergency-treatment-abroad-provisional-replacement-certificate

if he’s Irish apply here https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel-and-recreation/travel-abroad/european-health-insurance-card/

He needs to get to the nearest government medical centre and take his passport.

he needs to call his holiday insurance.

Juay a fyi TiredArse only Irish citizens are issued with Irish passports.

OP if your son has no EU medical card he can be charged at the point of service. If it is a rural area and the family are local the family GP may not charge the "family".

But he could have dual nationality, so get a UK ghic. Looks like that’s easier to get when already abroad?

Thanks for the replies. I'm out of the country myself at the moment, so even tricker to sort out.
Grandparents saying local doctor won't charge.
He's going to rest in a cool place to see how it goes as it doesn't feel like an emergency at the moment. I think a lot of it is anxiety.

ghic has nothing to do with nationality.
if he's resident in uk then he's elgible for ghic. if he lives in another eu country it's their equivalent.

Appaently if the OP could get someone to apply in person in Ireland DS could be issued with an emergency document tomorrow.

https://www2.hse.ie/services/schemes-allowances/ehic/apply/