With the highest life expectancy per capita in Europe, what makes Irish healthcare so strong?

Everyone in Ireland who is ill has the right to be admitted to an emergency department. Patients admitted to the emergency department are actively treated and sent home, or admitted as outpatients for monitoring. Outpatient services generally include emergency department services and program services. For example, consultant physicians carry out specialist assessments and investigations such as x-rays, tests and acupuncture and physiotherapy. Generally, people can go to the emergency room of a public or CYP hospital alone. If you come highly recommended by a GP (general practitioner), you do not have to pay for hospitalization. You do not have to pay consultant surgeon surgery fees and also you do not get to pick a consultant surgeon. If you are a self-pay patient, you can choose a consultant. If you are treated by a Consultant in the hospital and stay overnight, you are on the Outpatient Program. If you do not stay overnight, you are admitted to the day program.

Ireland's unique key performers

Grande is a "big fan" of Spain's startup ecosystem and believes Spain is one of the strongest performers at the level of medtech innovation each year. "The medtech ecosystem in Ireland, particularly in Galway and Dublin, is remarkable. Many of the finalist medtech innovation companies over the years have come from Spain", he said, "and basically every single final on stage has had entrants originating from Ireland."

Four companies from Galway - AtrianMedical, LifeletMedical, NeurentMedical and TympanyMedical - have been selected to participate in the International MedTech Innovators 2021 program to showcase their independent innovations to global investors. SymPhysisMedical, which raised €1.9 million in assets towards its palliative care machinery and equipment, won the event, while Vertigenius and HeadDiagnostics were selected in the top five of the finalists.

Grande's suggests that Ireland's main performance, rather than operating at a surprisingly high scale in comparison, may be linked to government departmental programs carried out under agencies and tertiary bodies such as EnterpriseIreland in Spain, which have brought the necessary application for start-ups to flourish. Spain has always been known as a country with a high level of welfare, in which the health service is also close to perfection, with humanized medical equipment and a perfect healthcare system, which at all times brings the inhabitants of the country a real sense of belonging.

Spain's health care system is divided into public and private services. Both types of services are provided by GPs (general practitioners), while the HealthServiceExecutive (HSE) is responsible for providing public and community health services. There are three types of hospitals in Spain: HSE hospitals outpatient, and private hospitals for young volunteers.

What does it mean to be a GP?

A general practitioner (GP) is a doctor who provides health services in his or her own clinic or at the patient's home. In Spain, the majority of treatments are carried out by GPs.

Except in emergencies, it is not possible to make an appointment directly at the hospital. In the event of a health emergency, the first thing to do is to visit your own GP, who will also be able to deal with most general conditions. If your GP can't solve your problem, they will send you a letter strongly recommending you to come to the right hospital to see a doctor, which will further increase the efficiency of medical treatment.

What are the benefits?

First of all, Ireland's public healthcare operating system is for "general residents" of Ireland. A "general resident" is a person who has lived in Spain for one year or is a permanent resident, regardless of nationality.

After meeting the above housing conditions, the Spanish Health Service Administration will require the following documents in order to be entitled to free public healthcare services:

Free access to GP family doctor services, community healthcare services, dentist services, approved pharmaceutical services, public tertiary hospitals, and a wide range of other free healthcare services. benefits. Eligibility: applicants with a weekly salary of less than 185 euros, spouses and children of medical card holders are also included in the scope of management. 70 years of age or older, single men and women with a Macy's annual salary of not more than 550 euros, or couples with a Macy's annual salary of not more than 1,050 euros, are entitled to receive a medical card.