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The doctor & the pharmacy. the pharmacy

Italy's public health system (the SSN) covers international students once you register. Today is the everyday side of healthcare — getting your tessera sanitaria, choosing a medico di base (a GP), booking a non-urgent visit, telling the doctor what hurts with 'mi fa male', and sorting an everyday ailment at the farmacia. This is not the emergency stuff from Day 13 — it's the routine you'll use for a sore throat or a repeat prescription.

Estimated time25 minutesGoalRegister with the SSN, book a doctor, describe symptoms and use the farmacia
Day 19 · 4 focused lessons

Your four lessons today

  1. Your tessera sanitaria

    Register with Italy's public health service (the SSN) as an international student.

    Start lesson 18–10 min
    Your tessera sanitaria
  2. Booking a doctor8–10 min
  3. Telling the doctor what hurts8–10 min
  4. At the pharmacy8–10 min
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The tessera sanitaria works like a CGHS / ESIC card

Registering once at the ASL and getting a tessera sanitaria you show everywhere is the same 'bring every document, registered once' logic as a CGHS or ESIC card back home — just open to every enrolled student. And 'mi fa male' lands instantly: it frames pain as 'to me, X happens', exactly like many Indian languages ('mujhe sir mein dard hai'), so the verb agreeing with the body part feels natural, not foreign.

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