Osakidetza Explained

Agency Name:Osakidetza-Basque Health Service
Nativename:Osakidetza-Servicio Vasco de Salud
Type:Health Care Service
Picture Caption:Osakidetza headquarters, Bilbao.
Formed:1984
Preceding1:Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD)
Agency Type:Public Provider
Jurisdiction:Basque Government
Headquarters:Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country
Chief1 Name:María Jesús Múgica
Chief1 Position:Director Gerente
Parent Department:Department of Health

Osakidetza-Basque Health Service[1] is the institution created in 1984 in charge of the public healthcare system in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, belonging to the National Health System, created in 1986 and that substituted INSALUD.

The transfer of responsibilities to the Basque government in matters of healthcare was done during the administration of Carlos Garaikoetxea as Lehendakari, after the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country in 1979. It is a public healthcare service with a great number of facilities that take care of the needs of the Basque citizens. Its chief is the Secretary of Health of the Basque Government.

Main healthcare facilities

Araba

Gipuzkoa

Biscay

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Osakidetza website: Organization

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