osakidetza osakidetza osakidetza-basque health service is the institution created in 1984 in charge of the public healthcare system in the autonomous community of the basque country, belonging to the national health system, created in 1986 and that substituted insalud. osakidetza-basque health serviceosakidetza-servicio vasco de saludosakidetza headquarters, bilbao.health care service overviewformed1984preceding health care serviceinstituto nacional de la salud (insalud)typepublic providerjurisdictionbasque governmentheadquartersbilbao, biscay, basque countryhealth care service executivemaría jesús múgica, director gerenteparent departmentdepartment of healthwebsiteosakidetza the transfer of responsibilities to the basque government in matters of healthcare was done during the administration of carlos garaikoetxea as lehendakari, after the approval of the statute of autonomy of the basque country in 1979. it is a public healthcare service with a great number of facilities that take care of the needs of the basque citizens. its chief is the secretary of health of the basque government. main healthcare facilities araba araba university hospital leza hospital araba integrated sanitary organization rioja alavesa integrated sanitary organization araba mental health network university hospital of araba (txagorritxu), vitoria-gasteiz gipuzkoa alto deba hospital alto deba integrated sanitary organization bidasoa hospital bidasoa integrated sanitary organization debabarrena integrated sanitary organization donostialdea integrated sanitary organization donostia university hospital eibar hospital gipuzkoa mental health network goierri-alto urola integrated sanitary organization mendaro hospital tolosaldea integrated sanitary organization zumarraga hospital university hospital donostia hospital of the bidasoa biscay barakaldo-sestao integrated sanitary organization barrualde-galdakao integrated sanitary organization bilbao-basurto integrated sanitary organization university hospital basurto (bilbao) santa marina hospital (bilbao) cruces university hospital (barakaldo) san eloy hospital (barakaldo) biscay mental health network ezkerraldea-enkarterri-cruces integrated sanitary organization galdakao-usansolo hospital gernika hospital gorliz hospital urduliz-alfredo espinosa hospital uribe integrated sanitary organization hospital of galdakao-usansolo (biscay) hospital of gorliz (biscay) mental health network of biscay (bermeo) (biscay)