The Primary Health Care of OKYPY constitutes the basic core of every organized health system and constitutes the framework of prevention and primary care and has under its supervision all the Health Centers of the Pancyprian Organization, in which the dominant role is played by the Personal Doctors. Nursing and support staff build and maintain long-term health care relationships with patients, according to a relevant announcement of OKYPY.
The Personal Physician is the patient's first point of contact and acts as a health consultant, contributing to the discharge of the special doctors of the secondary and tertiary units in the Hospitals while the citizens can apply to the P.I. for any medical issue and after evaluating their condition, he will decide if he can serve them himself or if he will refer them to a doctor of a specific specialty for further investigation, according to the announcement.
OKYPY, is added to the announcement, has the largest network of General Practitioners in Cyprus -92 in total-, who work in 38 Health Centers that cover geographically the whole of free Cyprus, even in remote areas.
It is also reported that the number of registered beneficiaries in Personal Physicians of OKYPY exceeds 95.000 while in the health centers, among other services, wound changes, injections and vaccinations are offered.
"OKYPY, the largest provider of health services in Cyprus continues to modernize and upgrade its services based on a long-term strategic plan focused on the patient" is added.
For more information about the Health Centers of OKYPY the citizen can visit the website https://shso.org.cy/health-centre/ while information about Personal Physicians is available at https://shso.org.cy/anazitisi-iatrou/?wpv-hospital-tax=prosopikoi-atroi&wpv_aux_current_post_id=192.