health care in the south

bugsy


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 19:41

hi does anyone know if you can go over the border for chemo if its not available in the north and how you go about it thanx

moxie


Joined: 23/05/2009
Posts: 969

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 22:23

if you are Cypriot, you can get a ID card from them and get free health care...Uk nationalities i dont know, best wishes in finding treatment

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 23:25

Bugsy found this for you ... might be worth giving them a call or fax your query to Cyprus..

Ministry of Health,

10 Markou Drakou Street,

1448 Lefkosia



Telephone: +357 22 400207 or +357 22 305354

Fax: +357 22 305346

Web site: http://www.moh.gov.cy



If you are on a state UK pension you get the treatment free but you also need your EHIC card, but with an address for NC not sure. If your not on a state UK pension depending upon your savings you will have to contribute to the cost, but best to find out first. Good luck

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
09/11/2011 23:42

bugsy (mess 1)



If you are a British National you are entitled to treatment as an EU Citizen but as dalartokat says you will need a European Health Insurance Card! which will probably be worthless in the TRNC! but with this card the ROC will have to treat you!



May I wish you the very best of luck!

Bradus


Joined: 25/02/2007
Posts: 2641

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 00:38

For more information on the European Health Card I suggest you read the following information:



http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/Introduction.aspx



I think it will confirm that this can be used only for emergency treatment or sudden illness during "holiday visits"

Everything I have read about health care in the South is positive and treatment prices are said to be very reasonable. However whilst Cypriots, North or South and those paying contributions have subsidised health care, those that do not contribute or are not resident will pay higher rates. Have you health insurance that will cover treatment in the ROC?



If you know what treatment is necessary, I am sure you will get information from the actual hospital carrying out the treatment as to costs.



I hope you get the information you are seeking as well as the treatment needed. Take care.

bugsy


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 00:51

thanks so much for info will email various departments see what i can find out cheers

Agobard


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 07:47

The best place in the south for cancer treatment is the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre in Nicosia. without a doubt. They will not, however, treat you without payment if you do not have an RoC medical card. You cannot get a medical card unless you have residency in the south. EHIC cards do not, to my knowledge, cover ongoing treatment like chemotherapy. It has not been my experience, in spite of what one poster said, that private medical treatment in the south comes under the heading of 'cheap'! Far from it, and this theory is supported by the number of Greek Cypriots who cross the border for diagnostic tests and treatment at places like NEU for example. Many GCs are paying for medical treatment as their system is not the same as the NHS in UK, free at point of delivery, for everybody. Feel free to e-mail me off board if you need further info: butlerinlapta@hotmail.com

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 10:05

Message 7...Cannot see any poster indicating that



"private medical treatment in the south comes under the heading of 'cheap'

Agobard


Joined: 20/08/2008
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 13:08

Message 8: you are nit picking! Message 5 says that 'it is said to be reasonable'. Reasonable, in my view, means cheaper than the alternative, which is the TRNC in this instance. Why would anybody, especially when they are sick, want to go through all the hassle of crossing the border, trailing around government departments and trying to find alternatives there unless it was impossible to get the necessary treatment here? On top of this to then find that the costs were higher over the border? My advice is based upon up to date knowledge of the situation on both sides and I am very happy to give more specific information to the original enquirer if it would be of assistance. You are simply muddying the waters and adding precisely nothing of value. End of story!

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 13:31

Bugsy,



Please ring Help Those With Cancer Association/Tulips and ask to speak to Ozge (she is one of the few that speak english there), explain you situation and get her to find out. The Association does take people across to the South for treatment but I do not know how it works.



Tel: 0392 227 0585



Email: kanser.cancer@hotmail.com



If there is an urgency in your request please tell them as it is their first day back after Bayram and are very busy.



If you experience any problems, please email: tulipscarole@yahoo.com



We can try to push them for you, but try first as see how you get on.



Sue

rejela


Joined: 09/02/2011
Posts: 293

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 14:51

We crossed last year, someone with a heart condition. They treated us like dog poo. Made us wait while people jumped the queue. Spoke to us like we were worse than dog poo. We left there feeling we had been racially abused.

Returned to the good old TRNC where we were given the red carpet treatment. The doctors here were surprised that my relative made a full recovery.



Hopefully you may be treated better but don't hold your breath and don't tell them you live in THE OCCUPIED AREAS.

I really hope that you receive the help and treatment you deserve.

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 16:36

Message 9, you need to calm down, not nit picking at all, as you said "your view".

bugsy


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 17:49

thanks butlerin lapta have emaild you

bugsy


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 17:50

thanks butlerin lapta have emaild you

stellasstar1



Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 1519

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 18:26

I have had treatment twice in the South, and couldn't have been treated better. Very reasonably priced, cheaper than here and a third of the price for the same thing in England. The staff and surgeon all knew I lived in the North, and in fact one of the first thngs they wanted to talk talk me about after the initial consultation, was how we could keep in contact with each other, as they can't use their mobiles to call here. This particular hospital have a lot of people that go there that cross from the North, and they had no problems whatsoever with that.

bugsy


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
10/11/2011 18:52

hi stella can u let me know which hospital and approx costs etc email me on babsnal@hotmail.co.uk thanx in advance

dearie


Joined: 08/03/2011
Posts: 142

Message Posted:
11/11/2011 17:22

Yes Stella that is very useful information to have - when a person is ill the last thing they need is any animosity or prejudice as to where they come from - so to find medical staff that treat people well is a great thing.