How do you choose your pediatrician?

I am a non-EU citizens regularly present in Italy, a few days my son will be born. Will be entitled to health care too? What should I do?

Rome - September 14, 2010 - Health care in Italy is always guaranteed to newborns, regardless of the regularity of their parents in Italy.

•           Parents regular,

In the case of children who have parents legally resident EU or not Italy, it is compulsory to register with the National Health Service at the Local Health Trust in the municipality where you live and you must bring your birth certificate, certificate of residence 'self-certification and permission valid residence of the parent.

Registration is free, then you will receive home health card of the child, whose validity is subject to the validity of the residence permit of the parent.

At ASL you can choose the pediatrician consult the list of doctors who work in your country, but please note that any pediatrician could not see more than a certain number of children. Your choice, therefore, may not be accepted and you could be forced to choose another pediatrician.

For children from 0 to 6 years is required to choose the pediatrician, for children 6 to 14 can choose whether to stay with your child's doctor or join a family doctor.

•          The pediatrician,

The pediatrician performs for free at his studio, until the age of 14 years of age, all requests for diagnostic or therapeutic for the control of the physical, mental, requires any specialist visits, hospitalizations, and medications, requiring the vaccines. The pediatrician should also promote effective home visits free of charge when according to his opinion and according to the condition of the baby you can not bring the child in the clinic.

In addition, the pediatrician who must certify the status of healing, for the purposes of readmission to school, creches, nursery school or primary and secondary issues certificates of eligibility for non-competitive sports activities in schools.

The pediatrician must provide five days of the surgery depending on the time determined by him.

•           Parents irregular,

Infants whose parents are not in compliance with the permit to enroll in the health service, as foreigners temporarily present, they can not carry the card for public health services and may not have the pediatrician.

Like other children, however, are entitled to medical care and the protection of health and may resort to care in all public health facilities such as the pediatric clinic or specialist clinics or hospitals. Recall that by law the doctors or health workers may not report to law enforcement or judicial authorities, foreign nationals without residence permit.