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Nurses Expect Systemic Changes from New Health Minister Drucker

Nurses Expect Systemic Changes from New Health Minister Drucker

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

First Case of Zika-infected Patient Confirmed in Slovakia

First Case of Zika-infected Patient Confirmed in Slovakia

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

First Slovak Suspected of Having Zika Virus in Presov Hospital

First Slovak Suspected of Having Zika Virus in Presov 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

Chief Hygienist: Flu on Rise in Slovakia, Two Fatalities Reported

Chief Hygienist: Flu on Rise in Slovakia, Two Fatalities Reported

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

Kiska: Every Nurse That Leaves Abroad a Loss for Slovakia

Kiska: Every Nurse That Leaves Abroad a Loss for Slovakia

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

Cislak: Return of Nurses to Zilina Hospital Is Good News

Cislak: Return of Nurses to Zilina Hospital Is Good News

Bratislava, February 9, (TASR) – The return of 40 nurses to the Faculty Hospital and Polyclinic (FNsP) in Zilina is good news for patients as well as health-care workers, stated Health Minister Viliam Cislak on Tuesday. At the same time Cislak expressed his thanks to all nurses who didn’t abandon

Most-Hid: More Than Third of Resources in Health Care Disappear

Most-Hid: More Than Third of Resources in Health Care Disappear

Bratislava, February 8 (TASR) – Crisis management, functioning DRGs (Diagnoses Related Groups) and the e-Health system, fees and centralised purchasing under public scrutiny are the cures for the Slovak health-care system, said Opposition Most-Hid party leader Bela Bugar at a press conference in Bratislava on Monday. “There’s enough money in