Health Care in Cyprus
Health
Care Entitlement in Cyprus under EU Regulations
Under EU regulations, health care can be provided in Cyprus for
people from other EU Member States. The health care is provided on the same
basis as is provided to a Cypriot national and is available at any of the
Government Medical Institutions in Cyprus.
To obtain heath care in Cyprus,
you must initially be in possession of an appropriate E - Form or a European
Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from your own Member State.
You are entitled to health care in Cyprus if you fall into one of the
categories listed below. You will also see from the table below, which
particular E - Form you need.
Required ‘E’ Form/Card - Category of Person
E111 or EHIC - Temporary visitor or tourist
E121 -
Pensioner coming to live permanently in Cyprus.
E111 or EHIC - A worker from another Member
State posted to work in Cyprus less
than one year.
E106 - A
worker from another Member State posted to work in Cyprus for more than one year.
E106 (residual) - A U.K. person under Pension age coming to live
permanently in Cyprus.
E111 - A
student.
E109 -
Dependants living in Cyprus
but insured worker living in another Member
State.
E111 or EHIC - A person from another Member
State in receipt of Unemployment
Benefit and seeking work in Cyprus.
E123 - A
person in receipt of Industrial Injuries Benefit or an occupational disease.
E112 - A
person referred to Cyprus
for specific medical treatment.
What Medical Treatment do these ‘E’
Forms/Cards entitle you to?
Form E111 or EHIC
The form E111 or EHIC entitles you to receive any medically necessary
treatment that you may need during your stay in Cyprus. If you have not got a form
E111 or EHIC when attending at a Cyprus
State Hospital,
it may be possible for you to obtain such a form by contacting your “home”
administration who may be able to provide you with the relevant documentation.
If you do not have the Required E – Form or EHIC, the state hospital
authorities are entitled to charge you for the treatment provided, but you may
claim reimbursement later from your home Member State.
Forms E106, E109 & E121
If you are in possession of any of these forms, you must register with the Cyprus Ministry of Health. On arrival in Cyprus, you should contact a Cyprus State
Hospital or the Ministry
of Health, where you will be given an application form for a Cyprus Medical
Card. The completed application form should be submitted to a state hospital or
the Ministry of Health together with the appropriate E-form and supporting
documents required according to instructions. If you are a Pensioner, you will
also need some form of proof to confirm that you are receiving a Pension from
your “home” State. The application will be processed by the Ministry of Health
as quickly as possible. The Cyprus Medical card will entitle you to receive
health care in Cyprus
for the duration covered by the card.
Form E123
This E123 Form entitles you to receive treatment in Cyprus for your
industrial injury or occupational disease only. To receive treatment for any
other medical condition under the EU Regulations, you must also be in
possession of another E-form. The form E123 should always be presented to the
hospital authorities when treatment is required for your industrial injury or
prescribed disease.
If you have been issued with form E123, and have decided to take up
permanent residence in Cyprus,
you should let the Cypriot authorities know that you hold this form.
Form E112
You should immediately present this form to the state hospital authorities
when you attend for your treatment, if you have any queries with regard to the information contained above,
you should contact the appropriate authorities in your home state or
alternatively the Ministry of Health in Cyprus at:
Ministry of Health,
10 Markou Drakou Street,
1448 Lefkosia
Telephone: +357 22 400207 or +357 22 305354
Fax: +357 22 305346
Web site: www.moh.gov.cy
