Doctors on the South

[Mel_pasa]

Hi all,

My Grandma needs to see a good doctor on the south in the gastroenterology department.
Can anyone recommend someone pls, it’s quite urgent.

Many thanks

[Keithcaley]

I can't recommend anyone on the South, but there is an excellent gastroenterologist at the Near East University Hospital in Lefkoşa...

This will, at least, keep your post near the top!

[Mel_pasa]

I can't recommend anyone on the South, but there is an excellent gastroenterologist at the Near East University Hospital in Lefkoşa...

This will, at least, keep your post near the top!

Thank you so much!! We will go there as well. Do you recommend a specific doctor or just anyone in that department? Thanks again for your message

[Keithcaley]

The head of the gastroenterology department is a Lady - Professor Yılmaz.

Actually, the head of gastroenterology at the Lefkoşa State Hospital was recommended to us as well, but the appointments system seemed impenetrable to non-Turkish speakers, and it was easier to go to the Near East... - and I'm sorry, but I can't remember the name of the chap at the State Hospital...

[sophie]

KC, I find it very sad that something which should be so mundane as arranging a booking to see a Specialist in a State Hospital forces we non Turkish speakers to shell out what can be mega bucks to see someone in a Private Hospital. Particularly as in one particular case, they ended up as being one and the same.

[Keithcaley]

KC, I find it very sad that something which should be so mundane as arranging a booking to see a Specialist in a State Hospital forces we non Turkish speakers to shell out what can be mega bucks to see someone in a Private Hospital. Particularly as in one particular case, they ended up as being one and the same.

I agree!

[Mel_pasa]

Thank you everyone for your inputs. I am really sorry you have to experience that with the government hospitals, that’s not on at all. I hope they sort that out soon

[kibsolar1999]

you can not expect that everybody incl the doctors, speaks english!
and iam sure that everybody can find somebody to help and translate and you will get a booking in a state hospital.
(for a couple of years) all doctors are forced to give service in a state hospital for some hours daytime and can work , eg, afternoon, in a private hospital. thats the reason why sometimes they can be "one and the same".

the disadvantage in the state hospitals is that they are overcrowded, usually from people with no or minimum wages only.
you have to wait... sometimes days to get a booking, and then hours.. and that for "every single service".
so, you may need a full day until you can leave again.

a simple, incl a follow up consultation, in a private hospital in girne costs at the moment 120 TL, a bigger lab blood test comes to 300 to 650 TL, a CT for 350 TL.

thats all far away from "mega bucks"and especially holidayers should have a travel health insurance.

in S Cyprus you basically have the same system.. state and private services..... the state hospital in Lefkosia is close to Ikea.

[sophie]

kibsolar1999, I don't believe KC or myself were referring to blood tests or making an appointment with a Consultant, those of course are not expensive at all, in my case I was referring to major operations, which in many cases are carried out by the same Surgeon. In our case "I can operate on you next Friday" (private) or "I can't operate for some time (State) . I have been to the State hospital in Lefkosia but was automatically treated as private obviously.

[kibsolar1999]

well sophie, due to limited resources in a state hospital (space, doctors, nurses, time, money, whatever) you are on a "waiting list"...
when the doctor says "i cant operate", then this might be true.
because there is no surgical table and-or team available, or he-she has to be ready for "other jobs".

i basically do hear the same from UK NHS: if it is not life threatening .. you may have to wait for month.
(same in Germany.. maybe not a bad as in the UK)
but iam sure you can go also in the UK to a private clinic and you will be operated next Friday

with my "pricelist", i was referring to the original post, a grandma needs to see a doctor...