state hospital is it free

thetruth


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 08:07

Does anybody know if you have to pay if you stay in hospital.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 08:10

Yes there is a charge in most cases. If you take your blue / pink book it is cheaper. However I personally think it is not that expensive.

nostradamus


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 08:19

The state hospitals normally seem to treat accident and emergency things free but normal stays in hospital have to be paid for. The prices that they charge are now the same whether you are a Cypriot or a foreigner which is an improvement on past pricing structures. As a for instance, a friend of mine recently spent 9 days in Lefkosa hospital. The price, including an orthopaedic operation on her leg was about 1200TL and this included a private room. Have to say though that, although the medical treatment from the doctors was excellent, the standards of nursing and general care were dreadful. The nurses were generally rude and unhelpful. Her ortho specialist asked them several times to give her a call bell as she was flat on her back and couldn't move, but they wouldn't do this. The bed linen wasn't changed during her entire stay. I have had experience of Girne Private Hospital and Etik in Lefkosa and their standards were very high by comparison.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 08:34

Nostradamus,

In defence of the nurses here they only do what they are trained to do, as is the same in most European hospitals. The caring side is left to the family, and the changing of the bed linen is included in that which is unfortunate.

This is one of the reasons we took over TRNC Healthcare, so that in situations like that of your friend we could arrange for carers to go in and assist / train the members of the family / public how to do this type of work. As to the nurses being rude there is no excuse as civility costs nothing.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 10:16

In our experience, the doctors at Lefkosa State Hospital were tremendous - the rest of it was a third world 'filth pit'!

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 15:35

I was gobsmacked when seeing the nursing staff puffing away on cigarettes behind the nurses station in Lefkosia.

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
28/10/2009 16:21

Message 6, Why Gobsmaked? nurses are hunan beings, with the same habits and vices as anyone else?

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
29/10/2009 11:06

Message 6

I remember when nurses could and did smoke in the wards in the UK! Agree it looked awful though.

Also the nurses here were woolly cardigans, lots of make up and jewellery dangerous if a patient grabs the nurse by the chain or earrings

But until someone teaches them different it is going to be this way forever.!!

thetruth


Joined: 11/01/2009
Posts: 268

Message Posted:
29/10/2009 15:10

i dont think cypriots have to pay,but other people i dont know?

Mindy



Joined: 27/10/2008
Posts: 1210

Message Posted:
29/10/2009 15:45

Johnylee

Yes I am sure nurses are human beings, at least I was I when I last looked, but come on, lead by example. As nurseawful said, wearing heavy make-up and jewellery and sat there with a ciggy in your mouth hardly fills one with confidence. True it is the correct training that is needed. education and common sense.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
29/10/2009 16:08

I find the local Girne Hospital to be very helpful and very reasonable, and not the waiting around like the UK Hospitals 3/4 hours

girne


Joined: 14/01/2009
Posts: 438

Message Posted:
30/10/2009 14:01

Being a Turkisk Cypriot yes we also have to pay even though we pay our insurances. My 2 year old son was admited and we paid 40tl for the night.