– The incidence of influenza has increased slightly and is now 113 people per 100,000. residents. The good news is that the incidence among the youngest has decreased - said Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska during a press briefing after the meeting of the crisis staff. Triple tests for...
Cancer is invariably a growing health problem of Polish society, according to the latest study by the Central Statistical Office. Gastrointestinal and reproductive system cancers are the most commonly diagnosed.
As many as 90 topics of planned inspections were included in the work plan of the Supreme Audit Office for 2023. The Chamber plans to undertake a lot of activities in the area of health care. Including leaning on oncological treatment, obesity and securing the state with blood.
– Covid-19 is in retreat at the moment, but still people in Poland die from the infection. Each such death is a human tragedy, said Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska in an interview for Polish Radio 24. "The data we're getting is optimistic," he added.
JULY The Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw has obtained the consent of the Ministry of Health to perform heart and lung transplantation operations. Not only separate heart and lung transplants are planned, but also multi-organ...
APRIL On April 1, the implementation of the pilot drug reviews began. The pilot project provides for three contacts between the pharmacist and the patient, the effect of which is to develop an individual plan of pharmaceutical care for the patient and a plan to solve all detected real or...
JANUARY Poland struggled with the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The Omicron variant began to be responsible for the increasing number of infections. The Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, announced a package of solutions to increase the availability of testing for the presence of the...
“Poland is not at risk of a shortage of medicines during the flu season,” the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski assured on Twitter, responding to signals about difficulties with buying one of the antiviral drugs. The former Minister of Health, Bartosz Arłukowicz, commented on the case and...
“We should start discussing sick leave immediately. About the fact that some patients reporting to a doctor today for sick leave during an ongoing infection could use it without the need for a visit or teleconsultation - said Dr. Łukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, in an...
From December 16 to 22, almost 297,000 deaths were recorded in Poland. cases of influenza and suspected infection with this virus. – Current information shows that this week should be a bit better – predicted Wojciech Andrusiewicz, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, in an interview with RMF...
A special plane flew from the Rzeszów-Jasionka airport today (December 28), which took Ukrainian patients for treatment to other European countries. The medical hub operating there is ready for the increased influx of people from Ukraine in need of treatment, assured the Minister of Health Adam...
In 2023, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy will allocate three million zlotys to support people with mental disorders and their families. Minister Marlena Maląg signed the program "From dependence to independence".
Due to the growing number of influenza infections, hospitals are starting to introduce restrictions on visiting patients. This decision has already been made by the Mazowiecki Specialist Hospital in Radom, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony im. L. Rydygier in Toruń and the Ostrów Wielkopolski Hospital.
The season of increased respiratory infections is underway. Influenza virus infections now dominate the country, and almost half of the infections concern pediatric patients. In this group, the RSV virus is responsible for the largest percentage of hospitalizations. Deputy Minister of Health...
A tragic fire occurred last night (26/27.12.) in the Voivodship Complex of Healthcare Centers of the Center for the Treatment of Lung Diseases and Rehabilitation in Łódź. According to polsatnews.pl, one person died and two were injured.
Poland is struggling with a wave of influenza and flu-like infections. – In the last week before Christmas, we had nearly 300,000 infections. This means that on average there are about 40-50 thousand of them a day. This was the case during the worst times of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Health...
A wave of influenza is sweeping through the country. More than half of the infections are in children. The National Health Fund monitors the situation in pediatric hospitals. Meanwhile, vaccination coverage is still at a dramatically low level.
The National Health Fund has opened a customer service point at Warsaw Chopin Airport. On site, you can quickly and free of charge obtain the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), facilitating the use of medical care in the European Union, EFTA and Great Britain.
Yesterday (December 21) the heads of ministries responsible for health, sport and education discussed the development of the Sports Talents programme, which has been in operation since September. In their opinion, the initiative, on the one hand, allows for the emergence of sports talented...
In a new position paper published last week, the World Health Organization updated its recommendations for the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. There is still no national vaccination program in Poland, but the president has signed an amendment to the Medical Fund Act, which will allow...
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