The Ministry of Health encourages all Romanians, whether or not they are medical insured, to go to the family doctor for free consultations and analyzes. “Be predictive and confident go to your family doctor to check your health ”, the ministry representatives transmitted.
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According to the national prevention program, all citizens, regardless of the insured status, have the right to free periodic consultations to the family doctor.
“Prevention means tranquility and confidence. It is the primordial condition for an independently lived life, as you wish. Therefore, whether you are insured or not, no matter what area you live and what you work, you benefit free of periodic consultations to your family doctor. You do not need medical insuranceyou just have to come to your family doctor ”, wrote the Ministry of Health, on FB.
Thus, people between the ages of 18 and 39 can benefit annually from a free consultation for assessing the general health and identifying risk factors, such as smoking, nutrition, physical activity or body weight.
For those who are 40 years old or more, up to three free consultations per year are provided, depending on the risks identified by the family doctor.
“Then, depending on the risks identified, the family doctor can issue referral tickets for free analyzes, such as: hemolithogram, blood glucose, total cholesterol and LDL, liver and kidney tests; HPV test, ultrasound or mammography; test for occult blood in the chair (to prevent colorectal cancer); PSA test); Be predictive and confident go to Your family doctor to check your health. Trust is doing good to you“,
the Ministry of Health said.
