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...
In the OJ The Ministry of Health published the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of December 23, 2022 on the appointment of a Team for modeling and forecasting the demand for medical staff.
Diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy) is a dangerous microvascular complication of diabetes. Estimates indicate that more than 20% of diabetic patients have signs of kidney damage.
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...
Recently, we were reminded by doctors that our profession is also a mission. Basically, a mission to save people. And it was contrasted with the pursuit of making money. Well, there is no such contradiction. A doctor with a "mission" cannot just walk into any hospital and help the sick free of...
The president did not take into account the requests for a veto and signed the amendment to the Act on the Professions of Physician and Dentist. This means a loss - as experts estimate and the stakeholders of the health care system fear - about PLN 13 billion from the budget of the National...
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...
Cardiologists from the Silesian Center for Heart Diseases in Zabrze implanted a electrodeless pacemaker in a patient with an extremely rare heart defect for the first time in Poland.
The Federation of Polish Employers, the Health Protection Committee, announced on Twitter that it had sent an appeal to President Andrzej Duda to refer the act amending the rules of financing the public health care system for reconsideration.
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...
The Ministry of Health has published data for the period from December 15 to 21: We have 3,774 (including 799 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from the provinces: mazowieckie (505), of Silesia (444), of Lower Silesia (345), Greater Poland (320), West Pomeranian (253),...
Doctors from the poviat hospital in Kozienice, together with the state-owned company Enea Wytwarzanie, initiated a prevention program against depression in children and adolescents. The problem is serious, because according to a study conducted by the Lower Silesian University, as many as 44...
A draft regulation of the Minister of Health amending the regulation on the organizational standard of health care in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care has been published.
More than PLN 1.8 billion will be allocated in 2023 to standardize the employment of psychologists, educators, speech therapists, pedagogical therapists and special educators in mainstream schools, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a press conference at the School and...
– The oncology network will come into force from the second quarter of next year at the latest – said the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski. The head of the ministry announced that the pilot program would be extended. The Draft Ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the Ordinance on the...
Krzysztof Kopeć, President of the National Drug Manufacturers: The most important events of 2022 - Russia's attack on Ukraine and the economic crisis - also affected our industry. The refugee crisis has caused an increase in the demand for medicines in Poland, and together with the Ministry of...
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