Sign in Subscribe

Health

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

Basic Salaries of Doctors without Attestation Should Go Up

Basic Salaries of Doctors without Attestation Should Go Up

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) presented a proposal to increase the salaries of doctors working in institutional health-care facilities on Friday. The minimum salary coefficient should go up from 1.25 to 1.4 times the average salary for doctors without attestation, while it should remain

Talks on Increasing Health-care Workers' Salaries to Continue on Monday

Talks on Increasing Health-care Workers' Salaries to Continue on Monday

Bratislava, August 9 (TASR) – Negotiations on increasing the salaries of health-care workers will continue at the Government Office on Monday (August 15), TASR was told by head of the Medical Trade Union (LOZ) Peter Visolajsky following the talks on Tuesday. Representatives of doctors and nurses didn’t receive a specific

Visolajsky: Doctors Insist on Their Demands, Are Determined to Give Notices

Visolajsky: Doctors Insist on Their Demands, Are Determined to Give Notices

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – Doctors continue to insist on their demands, and they’re determined to hand in their notices if their requirements aren’t met, head of the Medical Trade Union (LOZ) Peter Visolajsky pointed out in connection with the negotiations on the salaries of health professionals. “The situation