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...
Patients finally got the most important thing - the attention of the public and authorities. It has reached the public consciousness that kidney disease is like cancer - just as common, just as dangerous, but at the same time easily treatable," says Professor Ryszard Gellert, director of CMKP.
Illnesses also occur during holidays, on holidays or at night. We should seek help from the nearest night and holiday health care facility. There is no regionalization.
Christmas is undoubtedly a special time, but in the flurry of duties and preparations we don't quite get the magic of it. We can relax in a variety of ways, but there are a few tried-and-true and universal tips to help us spend these festive days better. We recommend a short 2023 guide prepared...
Prof. Milosz Parczewski has been appointed national consultant for infectious diseases by Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna. The handover of the appointment letter took place with the participation of Deputy Speaker of the Polish Parliament Monika Wielichowska.
The challenges we set ourselves when we passed the Public Health Law and the National Health Program in 2015 have hardly been met. On the contrary, there has been a regression in many areas. What needs to happen, or rather - what do we need to do to reverse the negative trends - was pondered at...
Presentation by the Prime Minister of the program of action and the composition of the Council of Ministers, together with a proposal for the election of the Council of Ministers (10-minute statements on behalf of the clubs and a five-minute statement on behalf of the circle).
The Draft Announcement of the Minister of Health on the List of Reimbursed Drugs, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices, which will come into effect on January 1, 2024, has been published.
A Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on the list of psychotropic substances, narcotics and new psychoactive substances has been submitted for consultation.
We invite you to watch the live broadcast of the 10th edition of the Public Health Congress. In the new political reality, this event is becoming a platform for debate at the highest level, bringing together key figures in medicine and politics. It will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
The Patient Ombudsman and the director of the Center for Monitoring Quality in Health Care inaugurated in Gdansk a social campaign called "Demand Quality," aimed at patients.
On World AIDS Day, the Ministry of Health reminds people about anonymous and free HIV testing. They can be performed at Consultation and Diagnostic Points throughout Poland. HIV infection can be symptomless for a long time. If it is detected, the development of AIDS can be effectively prevented.
This year, the Forum of Palliative Medicine, organized by the Polish Society of Palliative Medicine, was held for the 8th time. During the debate, experts discussed the abolition of capping of palliative and hospice care services, the situation of hospices run by non-governmental organizations,...
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