My husband and I were visiting with a foreign exchange student in Sweden that we had sponsored several years ago. My husband had to be transported to the hospital via ambulance about 1 a.m. The ambulance arrived within 10 minutes after asking if they needed to be there sooner. The EMT's were professional and competent. My husband was taken straight to an examining room. His fever was 104 and rising. His care was through and comprehensive. He was in a private room within an hour and being given further diagnostic exams within two hours. Medication was started and all ended well. They used his driver's license for identification and only asked diagnostic health questions. When we left we did not get a bill. What he did get was an arm band with his Swedish medical social security number on it that can now be used if he needs medical help in Sweden in the future. My husband happens to be a physician and was more impressed than I could have ever expected with the level of expertise, speed, and quality of care extended to us. It is so sad that we cannot find a way to not only return the favor someday to strangers but to our fellow Americans.