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Visolajsky: Bill for Doctors' Education Would Only Boost Exodus

Visolajsky: Bill for Doctors' Education Would Only Boost Exodus

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – Medicine graduates are leaving Slovakia because they can hardly find vacant jobs in Slovakia, as hospitals with their current funding prefer to be frugal with staff, while there’s also a lack of experienced doctors to teach their young colleagues, said Doctors Trade Union Association (LOZ)

Fico: Smer Wants to Tackle Lack of Doctors in Slovakia

Fico: Smer Wants to Tackle Lack of Doctors in Slovakia

Banska Bystrica, January 18 (TASR) – If Smer-SD makes it into the new government following the February 29 general election, it will focus on three main issues – support for pensioners and for young families, and the growing lack of doctors in the country, said party chairman Robert Fico at a programme

Minister Kalavska Offered Her Resignation to Premier Pellegrini

Minister Kalavska Offered Her Resignation to Premier Pellegrini

Bratislava, December 4 (TASR) – Health Minister Andrea Kalavska (a Smer-SD nominee) offered her post to Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Wednesday after the Government withdrew the so-called hospital stratification reform from the agenda of the parliamentary session, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Kalavska explained her decision by stating that the

Pellegrini: Hospital Stratification Remains Ready for New Government

Pellegrini: Hospital Stratification Remains Ready for New Government

Bratislava, December 4 (TASR) – The so-called hospital stratification reform will remain comprehensively prepared for the new government and parliament, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Wednesday in reaction to the fact that the Government withdrew the respective bill from Parliament on the same day. The prime minister claimed that

Kalavska Concedes Linking Health Reform with Her Own Fate

Kalavska Concedes Linking Health Reform with Her Own Fate

Bratislava, October 30 (TASR) – Health Minister Andrea Kalavska (a Smer-SD nominee) on Wednesday conceded that she could link a vote on the hospital-stratification reform in Parliament with a vote in her as a Government member. According to Kalavska, the health reform gained “political” features towards the end, when she was

INEKO: Slovakia's Best Hospitals in Banska Bystrica and Kosice-Saca

INEKO: Slovakia's Best Hospitals in Banska Bystrica and Kosice-Saca

Bratislava, October 14 (TASR) – F.D. Roosevelt Faculty Hospital in Banska Bystrica and Kosice-Saca Hospital, 1st Private Hospital are the best hospitals in Slovakia this year, according to an evaluation of health-care facilities carried out by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO), TASR learnt on Monday. The hospital

Former President Kiska: My Operation Was Successful

Former President Kiska: My Operation Was Successful

Bratislava, October 1 (TASR) – Former president and Chairman of the newly emerged For the People party Andrej Kiska wrote on a social network on Tuesday that his operation was successful, thanking doctors and adding that he feels great. According to Kiska, this was a small routine operation. “I have a