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Ministry: Fees at Inpatient and Outpatient Emergency Departments Should Go Up

Ministry: Fees at Inpatient and Outpatient Emergency Departments Should Go Up

Fees for treatment at inpatient urgent medical care departments and outpatient emergency departments should be increased, representatives of outpatient departments and hospitals concurred during their round-table talks held at the Health Ministry on Tuesday.

Gas Explosion in Lehota pod Vtacnikom Leaves Nine Injured

Gas Explosion in Lehota pod Vtacnikom Leaves Nine Injured

A gas explosion occurred at a mountain cottage in the village of Lehota pod Vtacnikom in Prievidza district on Tuesday morning, leaving nine people injured, Trencin Firefighter and Emergency Corps spokesperson Marian Petrik confirmed for TASR on the same day.

Palkovic: Razsochy Hospital Project Will Have to Be Covered from State Budget

Palkovic: Razsochy Hospital Project Will Have to Be Covered from State Budget

It won't be possible to finance the project involving the construction of the new Razsochy Hospital in Bratislava from the recovery plan; it will have to covered from the state budget instead, Health Minister Michal Palkovic announced on Friday.

President Signs Salary Hikes for Medical Workers

President Signs Salary Hikes for Medical Workers

Bratislava, October 18 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova has signed salary hikes for medical workers, TASR learnt from the president’s spokesman Martin Strizinec on Tuesday. In addition to the announced increases in the salaries of doctors and nurses, this also concerns the salaries of other health-care workers at institutional health-care

MP Kerekreti Collapses in Parliament, House Session Suspended

MP Kerekreti Collapses in Parliament, House Session Suspended

Bratislava, September 29 (TASR) – The ongoing parliamentary session had to be suspended after 4 p.m. on Thursday as OLaNO MP Jan Kerekreti collapsed in the chamber. Kerekreti, aged 78, was provided first aid by other MPs until the arrival of paramedics. Parliamentary Vice-chair Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) reported that a

Calling on Responsibility Heger Appealed to Doctors to Reconsider Their Notices

Calling on Responsibility Heger Appealed to Doctors to Reconsider Their Notices

Bratislava, September 29 (TASR) – Common sense and responsibility should prevail over expectations that in a short time it’ll be possible to solve all the pains that the health-care sector has been suffering from for decades, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) said on Thursday, calling once again on doctors to

Lengvarsky to Present Draft to Raise Salaries of All Health Workers to Gov't

Lengvarsky to Present Draft to Raise Salaries of All Health Workers to Gov't

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – I’ll present a proposal to increase salaries of health professionals at the Government meeting on Wednesday (September 21), Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) told a press conference on Tuesday. In addition to the announced increase in salaries of doctors and nurses, it also