Age limit for doctors set at 75 years of age

Health practitioners aged over 75 will be removed from the national health scheme (Gesy), the national health insurance organisation (HIO) said.

The decision was taken at the last meeting of the HIO board and according to it, all professionals will leave the scheme when they reach the age of 75.

The age limit does not only apply to doctors in Gesy, about whom in several cases in the past there have been reports in relation to their age, but to all health professionals who are registered in the system and provide services...