Health

Bratislava, March 31 (TASR) – Dozens of small and medium-sized hospitals believe that an additional €95 million would be necessary for the health-care sector to become stable, said president of the Slovak Hospitals Association (ANS) Marian Petko on Thursday following his working meeting with new Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD

The Slovak Nurses and Midwives Chamber (SKSaPA) expects new Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) to make systemic changes and restore trust in the health-care sector, chamber president Iveta Lazorova has told TASR. SKSaPA welcomed Drucker’s nomination for the post, although he isn’t an expert directly from

Bratislava, March 2 (TASR) – The first case of a patient infected with the Zika virus has been confirmed in Slovakia, Health Minister Viliam Cislak told a news conference on Wednesday. This confirmation came from a virology laboratory in Hamburg. The infected patient is a woman who was admitted into hospital

Bratislava/Presov, February 25 (TASR) – The Public Health Authority (UVZ) reported he first case of a patient suspected of being infected with Zika virus in Slovakia, RTVS was the first one to report about the situation on Thursday and UVZ spokesperson Lenka Skalicka confirmed this to TASR on the same

Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – The number of people with flu in Slovakia has surged this week – by 20 percent compared to the previous week (more than 10,000 new cases), with the disease also claiming two lives, Slovakia’s chief hygienist Ivan Rovny reported on Friday. The highest incidence was

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska has been asked by nurses’ unions and chamber on Tuesday to contribute to the resolution of their current situation by his authority, TASR learnt the same day. Nurses believe that Kiska will be successful as a mediator between them and Cabinet. Kiska