{"id":109891,"date":"2020-02-27T11:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T10:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=109891"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:43","slug":"rejected-by-twenty-gps-and-a-huge-hospital-bill-for-care-provided-by-the-emergency-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/02\/27\/rejected-by-twenty-gps-and-a-huge-hospital-bill-for-care-provided-by-the-emergency-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Rejected by twenty GPs and a huge bill from the emergency department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students and the university are warning that international students have difficulties finding general practitioners. The reasons: the Dutch healthcare system is very complicated for foreigners, there are many administrative barriers and Rotterdam has a GP shortage. As a consequence, internationals don&#8217;t get the healthcare they need.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-1600x1124.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-1600x1124.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-300x211.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-875x615.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-1280x899.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-150x105.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender-225x158.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/02\/27104059\/huisarts-huisartsentekort-internationale-studenten-zorgstelsel-Rachel-Sender.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139202 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/rachel-sender\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Rachel Sender<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to deal with the Dutch healthcare system<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/04\/01\/nine-tips-for-finding-your-way-around-the-dutch-healthcare-system\/\">Nine tips for finding your way around the Dutch healthcare system<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Since she hails from a family of doctors, student Prateeksha knew it was vital that she made sure she was eligible for proper medical care when she came to Rotterdam from New Delhi, India, last August to get a degree from the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM). \u201cIn September a friend and I started looking for a general practitioner together, but not a single practice would accept us as patients. Now I\u2019ve made a deal with a GP under which I can walk in as a non-patient in the event of an emergency, but if I\u2019m so sick that I can\u2019t even leave the house, the GP will not come and see me at my home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marta from Poland, who attends Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, went on a similarly unsuccessful quest. She just started hers a bit later. When she came down with tonsillitis, she urgently needed a GP. \u201cI must have called twenty GPs at the time. They all said they weren\u2019t accepting any new patients because they had too many already, or that I wasn\u2019t welcome due to my type of insurance,\u201d she says, sighing. \u201cIn the end, I ended up going to the hospital\u2019s emergency department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prateeksha and Marta\u2019s problems are not uncommon. Many Rotterdam-based general practitioners will only accept students as walk-in patients, which means that students must pay their bills on the spot, even if they have the right kind of insurance. This being the case, students sometimes decide not to seek help, or even to fly home and see a doctor there. An Erasmus University spokesperson confirmed that the International Office, deans, student psychologists and student societies often hear that international students are unable to see a general practitioner. So why is it so hard for international students to find a GP?<\/p>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/featured-text\" class=\"md:mt-6 p-4 md:p-6 lg:p-8 bg-sand-300 theme-sand:bg-white theme-violet:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white wysiwyg *:last:mb-0!\" >\n\t\t<p>Update Tuesday 19 January 2021: The university is looking into students&#8217; access to general practitioners in Rotterdam. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/01\/19\/university-to-look-into-students-access-to-gps\/?noredirect=en_US\">Read more<\/a> or join the <a href=\"https:\/\/erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_aaDua7r8jBFPX81?Q_Language=EN\">survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Dutch healthcare system is hard to fathom<\/h2><p>The first barrier, we find when we hear the students\u2019 stories, is the fact that the Dutch healthcare system is quite complicated. \u201cI had a European Health Insurance Card. I thought that would suffice to get help anywhere,\u201d says Marta. In actual fact, things turned out to be more complicated than that. \u201cUnfortunately, it\u2019s not that easy,\u201d says Arti Pancham of risk mitigation and insurance company Aon. Aon \u2013 an organisation that originated in the US \u2013 is the market leader in insurance for international students attending higher education institutions in the Netherlands. Pancham is a contact person for Aon Student Insurance, in which capacity she maintains contact with universities and universities of applied sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Pancham tells us things don\u2019t work the same way for all international students. \u201cIt depends on your country of origin and on whether or not you have a paid side job in the Netherlands. If you work in the Netherlands and so contribute to the Dutch healthcare or tax system, you have to take out health insurance with a Dutch health insurance company, just like any Dutch person, and you can apply for a health insurance allowance paid by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u201cStudents have a bit of a tendency to think: we\u2019re young, we\u2019re fit, nothing will happen to us.\u201d\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"flex mt-6 image:rounded-full image:max-w-[4.375rem] gap-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-[1px]\">&ndash;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block text-lg font-tiempos-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYolande Pleune &#8211; manager of a Rotterdam general practice\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>International students who don\u2019t have a side job are not part of the Dutch system, and therefore aren\u2019t eligible for Dutch health insurance. Citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA) may be eligible for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). \u201cOnly the card\u2019s expiry date and what it allows you to do differs from one country of origin to the next, which makes the system quite complicated. And generally speaking, the card only applies to temporary emergency care,\u201d says Pancham. She advises students who hold an EHIC to take out private supplemental insurance. \u201cFor instance, Aon does cover whatever medical conditions or mental health issues you may have brought from home, and you will receive medications for a longer period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All students from outside the European Economic Area who do not have a side job should take out private health insurance, says Pancham. \u201cSince they don\u2019t have an EHIC, they are not entitled to healthcare in the Netherlands, unless they have taken out private health insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Students being lax<\/h2><p>The Netherlands\u2019 complicated healthcare system is part of the problem, as is a lack of urgency on the students\u2019 part. As the university\u2019s spokesperson put it in an e-mail: \u201cWe have found that students don\u2019t try and find a general practitioner until they actually need healthcare, which makes the situation more urgent. This means that students are more likely to go to the hospital\u2019s emergency department or an after-hours service provider. This isn\u2019t always covered by their insurance, and it\u2019s not how after-hours service providers are meant to be used, either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yolande Pleune, who manages a Rotterdam general practice, has noticed the same thing. Every week a few students will ask to be seen by the doctors working at her practice. \u201cIn fact, I had two students just this week. One had already called ten other GPs. The other had as well, and had ended up going to the hospital\u2019s emergency department, only to be referred to us. Students have a bit of a tendency to think: we\u2019re young, we\u2019re fit, nothing will happen to us. And I do understand that, at that age.\u201d But when these students do fall ill, they are in trouble. International students have to arrange so many things before coming to the Netherlands that they sometimes \u2018forget\u2019 to take out insurance, according to Pancham.<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e77dede171a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e77dede171a\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1687\" height=\"1185\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 1687w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1-300x211.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1-875x615.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1-1280x899.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1-1600x1124.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1-150x105.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/01160424\/healthcare-huisarts-medische-zorg-rachel-sender-1-225x158.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139207 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1687px) 100vw, 1687px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/rachel-sender\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Rachel Sender<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortage of general practitioners<\/h2><p>But that is not the only reason why students are failing to get the care they need. Rotterdam also suffers a shortage of general practitioners, says a spokesperson for the National Association of General Practitioners. This is a common problem in shrinking rural regions, but it is also an increasingly common problem in big cities. A general practitioner called Thao Nguyen recently sent the Rotterdam Municipal Authorities an incendiary letter stating that more people will go without healthcare if the municipal authorities don\u2019t start doing something about it soon. For its part, the Rotterdam Association of General Practitioners recently said the same thing in a letter to the municipal government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaiting lists are getting longer, more practices are rejecting new patients, and the number of people looking for healthcare is growing,\u201d Nguyen said in <em>De Telegraaf<\/em>. The main cause? \u201cWe have erected a lot of new buildings in the city. The city centre and Kop van Zuid are increasingly densely populated, but the number of GPs has lagged behind,\u201d says Nguyen. The fact that home prices in Rotterdam are rising has also contributed to the problem. \u201cGPs have a limited budget for the buildings they use for their practices. Since real estate is becoming unaffordable, GPs are not keen to have practices in the city centre.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International students require more administrative duties<\/h2><p>Moreover, some general practitioners just aren\u2019t very keen on international students, even if their practices welcome new patients and the students have the right type of insurance. A GP who does not wish to be named, but is recommended by the university on<a href=\"https:\/\/gpforinternationals.erasmusmc.nl\/\"> Erasmus MC\u2019s website<\/a>, says that his\/her practice\u2019s policy is only to accept international students as walk-in patients, and that his\/her practice is not the only one to do things that way. \u201cThey come and go, just like that, and it simply takes us too much time to create complete medical records for them,\u201d the practice\u2019s doctor\u2019s assistant tells us. Pleune understands this argument. \u201cSmaller general practices have to perform additional duties for international students, which takes up more of their time. They tend to prefer patients who stick around. Moreover, some GPs will reject international students partly because of the language barrier. Having to speak English makes things just a bit more complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin Blok of the International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) \u2013 who arranges healthcare for ISS\u2019s international PhD and Master\u2019s students \u2013 has noticed that general practitioners are less keen to accept international students as patients because their lists of patients get muddled up. \u201cStudents who register with a practice often forget to deregister when they leave. This means that GPs don\u2019t have as many patients as they think they do, while being unable to accept any new patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u201cI spoke to a student who decided against a consultation because she would initially have to pay for the medicines and consultation herself.\u201d\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"flex mt-6 image:rounded-full image:max-w-[4.375rem] gap-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mt-[1px]\">&ndash;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block text-lg font-tiempos-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin Blok of the International Institute of Social Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>In other words, students are having to settle for being accepted as walk-in patients, and can only hope that their GPs will have time to see walk-in patients on any given day. As general practice manager Yolande Pleune says, \u201cWe have one day off this week, and we are seeing so many registered patients that we hardly have any time to see walk-in patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such walk-in patients have to pay to see a doctor out of hand. \u201cThis is because the GP has not established direct billing with their health insurer [meaning that the GP cannot directly forward the bill to the insurer \u2013 ed.]. So the students have to foot the bills themselves initially,\u201d says Pancham. ISS\u2019s Martin Blok adds, \u201cWhich constitutes an additional barrier for students.\u201d Students with urgent symptoms will be provided with the care they need, but students with less urgent symptoms will often find themselves rejected. \u201cLast Monday I spoke to a student who decided against a consultation because she would initially have to pay for the medicines and consultation herself. I see the same thing happening with students with less urgent but nevertheless serious problems, such as mental health issues or depression.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential solutions<\/h2><p>So what can be done to solve this problem? \u201cFirst we have to address Rotterdam\u2019s shortage of general practitioners,\u201d says Pleune. \u201cBut that is a complicated problem that will mainly have to be addressed by government agencies.\u201d The political parties CDA and GroenLinks have put the subject on the Rotterdam Municipal Council\u2019s agenda. The two political parties have presented questions to the Mayor and Municipal Executive. \u201cThe Mayor and Executive are aware of the problem and are seeking to find solutions in consultation with the parties involved,\u201d a spokesman for the Municipal Council stated with respect to the city\u2019s shortage of general practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the university and Aon are seeking to enter into arrangements with general practitioners. \u201cThis will allow GPs to forward bills directly to Aon, meaning students won\u2019t have to pay the costs on the spot, but the GP shortage is posing a bit of a problem,\u201d says Pancham. In addition, both EUR and Aon will continue to provide students with more information on the Dutch healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>However, more information will have to be provided on the other end, as well. For instance: \u201cHealthcare providers must be given more information on private health insurance.\u201d Some other universities have their own GPs on campus, e.g. the Universities of Amsterdam and Groningen. Previous attempts by EUR to get its own on-campus GP proved unsuccessful. According to Martin Blok, the ISS has advanced plans for getting its own GP on its campus in The Hague, due to the problems its international students have encountered.<\/p>\n<p>However, for the time being, general practice manager Yvonne Pleune expects it to remain hard for students to register with a general practice. \u201cAnd we have the Eurovision Song Contest coming up. There will be so many visitors with twisted ankles and other issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prateeksha does not have much of a choice \u2013 she has had to accept the current situation. Marta had medication flown over from Poland to solve her tonsillitis, which helped her get well again. \u201cBut it\u2019s by no means a perfect situation, and that\u2019s an understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/09\/18102041\/Marko-de-Haan-1121-001-Levien-Willemse-1600x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139280\" 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/13133514\/student-room-kamer-huisvesting-buiten-deur-fietsen_nov2025_breadie_nhat-minh-bui-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139443 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/21\/gemeenten-moeten-verkamering-makkelijker-maken-vindt-lsvb\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tMunicipalities should make house-sharing easier, says LSVb\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-21\">21 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 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text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tMunicipalities should make house-sharing easier, says LSVb\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-21\">21 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex 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@xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/kabinet-wil-meer-tijdelijke-huurcontracten-voor-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"325\" 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/05\/23145741\/Studentenhuisvesting-huur-tekort-studentenwoningen-renting-studentenhuis-woningnood-Stock-illustratie-Migle-Alonderyte-225x159.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139286 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/kabinet-wil-meer-tijdelijke-huurcontracten-voor-studenten\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCabinet wants more temporary rental contracts for students\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" 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md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 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The reasons: the Dutch healthcare system is very complicated for foreigners, there are many administrative barriers and Rotterdam has a GP shortage. As a consequence, internationals don&#8217;t get the healthcare they need. 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