Filenews 27 May 2025
GHS beneficiaries and beneficiaries of free state medical care are not affected by the decision to pay an advance payment of €100 to the Accident and Emergency Departments (AEP) of the hospitals of the OCYPY, as this concerns non-beneficiaries, such as tourists from third countries, the Organization's spokesperson, Charalambos Charilaou, told CNA.
He noted that GHS beneficiaries and civil protection applicants or beneficiaries pay only €10 for registration-co-payment. He also said that even non-beneficiaries of GHS or free care, if they visit A&E and do not have the mentioned advance payment, will in no case be left without the necessary care, endangering their health or even their lives. He continued, an invoice will be issued, which will either be repaid immediately or in a more timely manner.
Mr. Charilaou made the statement by placing a relevant announcement by PASYKI for the advance payment of €100.
Specifically, when asked to clarify the decision on the €100 advance payment, Mr. Charilaou said that the beneficiaries of the GHS continue to enjoy services in the same way, i.e. they pay a co-payment of €10 according to the HIO regulations, with all other services being offered free of charge.
He added that not beneficiaries of the GHS, but beneficiaries on the list of the Ministry of Health – such as political asylum seekers, Ukrainian refugees and other categories – pay €10, as do beneficiaries of the GHS. In this category, the cost of the services offered is invoiced based on the new price list of the GHS and the money is paid by the Ministry of Health, Said.
He explained that paid patients, i.e. those who are not beneficiaries of the GHS, nor are registered in the list of the Ministry of Health, such as tourists from third countries, pay a deposit of €100 for services in the A&E.
He added that if the services offered to them, based on the new price list of the OCYPY, cost less than the advance payment, they are refunded the remaining amount, if they cost more than the advance payment, they pay the amount that exceeds €100.
Furthermore, Mr. Charilaou said that in cases of non-beneficiaries who do not have money, the A&E will not refuse the offer of services, but an invoice will be issued which the paid patient will be asked to pay in due course.
"We don't leave any patient, especially those whose lives are in danger or threatened, without medical care if they don't have money to pay," he concluded.
CNA
