- The additional 3 billion zlotys that have been allocated for pediatric oncology instead of TV will certainly meet those immediate needs that oncology resources have, Deputy Health Minister Ursula Demkow said in an interview with our reporter, ahead of a meeting of the Parliamentary Group for...
Polypragmasy, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions and other pitfalls lurking for (not only elderly) patients were discussed at the 1st Senior Health Congress by Jaroslaw Woron, MD.
The Minister of Justice, Attorney General Adam Bodnar met with the President of the Supreme Medical Chamber, Lukasz Jankowski. They discussed the no fault rule, expert witnesses, the existing medical error cell in prosecutors' offices and other issues of importance to the medical community. Adam...
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The European Commission is proposing more time for companies to apply the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR). It is also proposing measures to increase transparency in the medical device sector, including by speeding up the launch of some elements of the European medical device...
Continuous attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine leave the country unable to provide citizens with efficient access to medical services. This is especially true for localities close to the front line - which is why six months ago the Polish Medical Mission, in cooperation with FRIDA Ukraine,...
A multidisciplinary team of specialists from the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Gdansk saved the life of 6-year-old Alexander. The absolute havoc in the boy's respiratory system was most likely caused by a fungal infection. His condition was so serious and complicated...
The National Health Fund has issued a communication to pharmacy operators on on-call duty. It is about the work of pharmacies at night and on holidays. On-call work is financed by public funds.
"We have already developed a number of digital solutions and are constantly developing them. The key ones are e-prescription, e-referral and e-consultation," according to the Health Ministry. Work is underway to improve the Internet Patient Account, the myIKP application, the Medical Home Care...
The Health Ministry hosted a meeting between Minister Izabela Leszczyna, Minister for Senior Citizenship Policy Marzena Okla-Drewnowicz and Prof. Katarzyna Wieczorkowska-Tobis, Chairwoman of the Board of the Polish Gerontological Society.
- The Foundation of the Mother and Child Institute (FIMiD), responding to the health challenges of caring for refugee families from Ukraine, in conjunction with UNICEF, is conducting an educational campaign called "Say YES to vaccinations." The initiative focuses on promoting immunization among...
Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne (PTK) i Polskie Towarzystwo Lipidologiczne (PTL) ogłosiło rok 2023 strategicznym rokiem walki z hipercholesterolemią, ponieważ zaburzenia lipidowe to najczęściej występujący czynnik ryzyka chorób układu krążenia w Polsce i na świecie. Eksperci alarmują jednak,...
Pregnancy, childbirth and then postpartum is a unique stage in every woman's life. For the sake of women's well-being, as well as that of their children, it is important to provide adequate support to the patient, both physically and mentally. Patient Ombudsman Bartlomiej Chmielowiec encourages...
At the end of 2023, interventional procedures for critical heart defects in fetuses will be added to the surgeries performed at Warsaw's Bielański Hospital. - The smallest hearts require the care of top-notch specialists and the best quality equipment, stresses Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski.
The end of the year is fast approaching, and with it comes a lavish New Year's Eve party and... a list of New Year's resolutions. Many a person will make the decision to quit smoking for the first (or next) time. And rightly so, because it is an extremely unhealthy addiction. "Yellowed teeth are...
What did the medical world live in 2023? We look at what the most relevant information brought in the months of July through September.
Patients are and must share responsibility for their condition, but there is a special group where this principle doesn't quite work. These are people with rare, genetically determined diseases. Rare, although, as experts point out, not at all rare.
- An intensive year is behind us (...) In the next one we hope for good cooperation with the Ministry of Health, so that the problems of nurses and midwives are solved through dialogue," says Andrzej Tytuła, vice president of the Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives.
Smoking, uncontrolled hypertension and the epidemic of overweight and obesity - these are the main risk factors for diseases that are hugely determined by the daily health choices, or anti-health choices, of Poles. How to change them, and whether it's even possible, experts pondered at the 10th...
Nearly 60 percent of patients in Poland who needed mental health support did not seek help, fearing stigma. There are only nine psychiatrists per 100,000 residents, and the average waiting time for an appointment is 117 days. - We recommend integrating mental health services into primary health...
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