ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the importance of the provision of medical services to forced migrants in the receiving country. We explain how asylum seekers are provided with these services by a healthcare provider selected by the Office for Foreigners (currently the private company Petra Medica) both in the centres for foreigners and outside them. The chapter also provides some statistical information on the provision and evaluates the practice, its perception, as well as key problems linked with access to healthcare, pointed out by the interviewed asylum seekers. Then, it evaluates the experiences of the beneficiaries of international protection while accessing medical services. We analyse their perception of the transition from medical care provided by the selected medical care institution (during the asylum procedure) to the situation when they are covered by the general healthcare system or the National Health Fund.
