Osakidetza-Basque Health ServiceOsakidetza website

is the institution created in 1984 in charge of the public healthcare system in the

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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 The Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritza, es, Gobierno Vasco) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the ''Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque P ...

in matters of healthcare was done during the administration of

Carlos Garaikoetxea Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza (born 2 June 1938) is a former politician from the Spanish Basque Country. He became the second elected ''Lehendakari'' (President of the Basque Autonomous Community), after José Antonio Aguirre, who had held that ...

Lehendakari The President of the Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritzako lehendakaria, es, presidente del Gobierno Vasco), usually known in the Basque language as the Lehendakari ( eu, lehendakari, es, lendakari), is the head of government of the Basq ...

, after the approval of the

Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country {{Politics of Basque Country (autonomous community) The Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country of 1979 ( eu, Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoko Estatutua; es, Estatuto de Autonomía del País Vasco), widely known as the Statute of Gernika ( eu, Gerni ...

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

* Araba University Hospital * Leza Hospital * Araba Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Rioja Alavesa Rioja Alavesa ( eu, Arabako Errioxa), officially Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa is one of seven ''comarcas'' that make up the province of Álava, Spain. It covers an area of 315.83 km² with a population of 11,360 people (2010). The capit ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Araba Mental Health Network File:Vitoria - Hospital de Txagorritxu 01.jpg, University Hospital of Araba (Txagorritxu),

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Gipuzkoa

* Alto Deba Hospital * Alto Deba Integrated Sanitary Organization * Bidasoa Hospital * Bidasoa Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Debabarrena Debabarrena (English: ''Lower Deba'') is an '' eskualdea / comarca'' located in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (Spain). It has an area of 180,3 km². It is north from the comarca of Debagoiena, east from the province of Biscay, and south from th ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Donostialdea Donostialdea is one of the eight regions of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Autonomous Community, corresponding to the basin of the lower Urumea River, along with a strip of basin corresponding to the Oria River, the region borrowing its name from Dono ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Donostia University Hospital *

Eibar Eibar ( eu, Eibar, es, Éibar) is a city and municipality within the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is the head town of Debabarrena, one of the '' eskualde / comarca'' of Gipuzkoa. Eibar has 27,138 inhabitants ( Eustat ...

Hospital *

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

Mental Health Network * Goierri-Alto Urola Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Mendaro Mendaro is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The Mendaro Valley is the town's namesake. There is little agreement on the origin or meaning of the word itself. Surrounded by ...

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Tolosaldea Tolosaldea is one of the eight comarcas in Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Seba ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Zumarraga Hospital File:Donostia Ospitalea.jpg, University Hospital Donostia File:Hospital Comarcal del Bidasoa, Hondarribia.jpg, Hospital of the Bidasoa

Biscay

Barakaldo Barakaldo ( es, Baracaldo; eu, Barakaldo ) is a municipality located in the Biscay province in the Basque Country. Located on the Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is part of Greater Bilbao, has a population at 100,881. Barakaldo h ...

Sestao Sestao is a town and municipality of 27,296 inhabitants located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is in the left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao and part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. ...

Integrated Sanitary Organization * Barrualde-Galdakao Integrated Sanitary Organization * Bilbao-Basurto Integrated Sanitary Organization * University Hospital Basurto (

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) * Santa Marina Hospital (Bilbao) * Cruces University Hospital (

) * San Eloy Hospital (Barakaldo) *

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

Mental Health Network * Ezkerraldea-Enkarterri-Cruces Integrated Sanitary Organization *

Galdakao Galdakao is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is located in the Greater Bilbao, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range. ...

-Usansolo Hospital *

Gernika Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the mu ...

Hospital *

Gorliz Gorliz () is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, which lies within the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in northern Spain. The town had 5,664 inhabitants in 2014. Gorliz consists of the following neighborhoods: ...

Hospital *

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-Alfredo Espinosa Hospital *

Uribe The Merindad de Uribe or Uribealdea is a historical subdivision of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. It contained most of the municipalities now within the comarca of Greater Bilbao in the Bilbao metropolitan area (other than the majority of the '' ...

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References

External links

Osakidetza website
{{Authority control Companies established in 1984 Health care in Spain Basque Country (autonomous community)

Main healthcare facilities

Araba

Gipuzkoa

Biscay

See also

References

External links