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Report: 86 People Diagnosed with HIV in Slovakia in 2015

Report: 86 People Diagnosed with HIV in Slovakia in 2015

Bratislava, July 7 (TASR) – There has been an increase in the number of people in Slovakia that have contracted HIV infection since the beginning of the 21st century, states a report on the fulfilment of the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme for 2013-16 that was approved by the Cabinet at

Kosice: Number of People Infected with Tick-borne Encephalitis Rises

Kosice: Number of People Infected with Tick-borne Encephalitis Rises

Kosice, May 31 (TASR) – The number of people suffering from tick-borne encephalitis in Kosice has increased, and the city’s Louis Pasteur University Hospital (UNLP) has accepted new patients, TASR learnt on Tuesday. A local tick-borne encephalitis infection broke out in Kosice last weekend. UNLP’s Infectology and Travel Medicine

Kocan Takes Over Helm of State-run Health Insurer VsZP

Kocan Takes Over Helm of State-run Health Insurer VsZP

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – State-run health insurance company Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP) has a new boss, with Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) appointing Miroslav Kocan to the post along with new members of the board of directors on Tuesday. Kocan has come to the largest health insurer in

Drucker: No More Overpriced Purchases in Health Care

Drucker: No More Overpriced Purchases in Health Care

There will be no more overpriced purchases of medical equipment in the health-care sector, Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) told journalists on Thursday, adding that the ministry is preparing a central procurement system that should prevent individual purchases of medical equipment by hospitals. “The conditions [for the system]

State-run Health Insurer VsZP to Be Headed by Miroslav Kocan

State-run Health Insurer VsZP to Be Headed by Miroslav Kocan

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – Miroslav Kocan should become the director of state-run health insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP), Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) announced following the Government session on Wednesday. “This is a man from the insurance sector who worked for insurance company Allianz at the Slovak as

President Signed New Deadlines for eHealth Projects

President Signed New Deadlines for eHealth Projects

Deadlines for health projects will be postponed, as President Andrea Kiska signed the amendment to the Health Insurance Act, TARS learnt from the President’s Office on Thursday. The amendment was approved by Parliament in a fast-tracked procedure on Wednesday (April 27) and Kiska signed it the same day. The

Prime Minister Fico Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery

Prime Minister Fico Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a successful heart surgery at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NUSCH) in Bratislava, confirmed NUSCH director Mongi Msolly at a briefing on Friday. NUSCH didn’t specify what concrete kind of surgery has been performed. Fico was operated on by