"Προσωπικός γιατρός"

Translation: Personal doctor

[nestarees]

Are ιδιοτικός and προσωπικός interchangeable?

[philipduerdoth]

Earlier in this unit your answer used 'ιατρός'. Here it corrected me to 'γιατρός'. Are both acceptable?

[mizinamo]

Both are acceptable spellings; ιατρός is the one inherited from Ancient Greek and γιατρός is a more modern one. (So it's a little like colour/color or realize/realise, both of which are good and correct English spellings.)

In listening exercises, only one spelling can be accepted, unfortunately.

[m1croMEGAS]

why not "staff doctor"?

[artem255925]

Why is "A personal doctor" is not acceptable?

[troll1995]

Because "A" is the indefinite article which would be translated as "ένας" in Greek, which is not present on the sentence above.

[philipduerdoth]

In sunny Cyprus the equivalent of the British NHS is the recently introduced GESY. It has had a few hiccups for the first few months but it's getting sorted. However it's not free. We pay 3 euros to see a GP and 6 euros for a specialist. Prescriptions are about 1 euro per item.

Waiting times to see a doctor are not instant. You might have to wait 29 minutes or more.

Applications to live in Cyprus need to be in soon. :-)