“Since there are treatments for SMA, we know we can stop this progressive disease. Her image changes. It becomes a chronic disease, not a fatal one. We are proud of it. We hope for further successes and further therapies - said Dorota Raczek, president of the SMA Foundation, in an interview with...
- The minimum plan is to stop the progression of the disease. This was achieved in all patients. Almost 90 percent of improvement was achieved, which in the progressive disease of the nervous system is completely unattainable without treatment - said in an interview with Medexpress Prof....
The Sejm on Friday evening passed the amendment to the act on the Medical Fund - without a single vote of opposition. Twelve deputies, including the Confederation, abstained. One of the main points of the amendment is the addition of a new category of services that will be able to be financed by...
- We can say that not only have the natural course of SMA, which is a progressive disease untreated, been reversed. So the stabilization of the patient's condition would be a huge success. We can see, however, that the condition of our patients is improving - said Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk,...
- There is nothing more important in the health care system than human resources - wrote the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski on Twitter. The head of the Ministry of Health recalled that the number of places in medical faculties increased by over 40 percent. compared to the 2015/2016 academic...
On Friday evening, the Sejm passed an amendment to the Act on the Medical Fund - without a single vote of opposition. Twelve deputies, including the Confederation, abstained.
Pfizer and BioNTech begin Phase I trials of an mRNA-based combination vaccine to protect against influenza and COVID-19. The vaccine dose was already given to the first participant in the US. The study is to assess the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the preparation.
The Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Łódź (ICZMP) fell victim to a cyberattack. Patients must take into account the difficulties in handling, as the clinic authorities have decided to temporarily disable IT systems. “We are conducting intensive activities that are to lead...
The Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Łódź (ICZMP) fell victim to a cyberattack. Patients must take into account the difficulties in handling, as the clinic authorities have decided to temporarily disable IT systems.
A draft amendment to the Act on the State Emergency Medical Services was submitted for consultation, which introduces a lower threshold for the number of specialist medical rescue teams. It is assumed that for each started 10 basic teams in the voivodeship there should be at least one specialist...
- This autumn, unlike the autumn we remember from previous years, will be rather calm. The risk of another wave will appear only at the turn of the year, predicted health minister Adam Niedzielski during the Wednesday press conference.
Overweight and obesity are an increasingly serious problem in Polish children, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mother and Child on a group of over two thousand eight-year-olds in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The results are particularly worrying, as 5 percent. the...
Anesthesiologists appeal to the Ministry of Health to withdraw the draft amendment to the act amending the act on the professions of doctor and dentist and some others.
"Poland is one of the leaders in implementing the e-health system in Europe," writes the Ministry of Health on Twitter. The number of e-referrals issued in Poland increased by one third during the year. In turn, 97 percent. prescriptions are already issued in electronic form. According to the...
Since November, night and holiday health care has been operating at the Hospital in Legionowo. Launching such services is a great help, also for residents of northern districts of Warsaw.
Polish doctors have already performed the first cataract surgery at the ophthalmic hospital in Kiabakari, Tanzania. About two hundred treatments are already planned.
The first in Poland treatment of kidney stones in an adult using the Avicenna robotic system was carried out at the Urology Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw, the Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital, UCK, Medical University of Warsaw.
"Poland is one of the leaders in implementing the e-health system in Europe," writes the Ministry of Health on Twitter. The number of e-referrals issued in Poland increased by one third during the year.
In the IKP app you can find tips on how to provide first aid in the event of a stroke, the Ministry of Health informed on the occasion of the World Cerebral Stroke Day, recalling that in such cases, time is the most important thing.
Patients in more than half of Polish hospitals do not have access to Wi-Fi, according to a study conducted by Biostat at the request of Fortinet. In just one fifth of hospitals, Internet access is provided everywhere. More than half of the branches that do not provide Internet access do not plan...
The call for applications for subsidies under the e-Gabinet program was extended until the end of the year, informed the Ministry of Health. The ministry reminds that the maximum value of in-kind support related to the purchase of computer equipment is PLN 68,000. PLN for each POZ facility. No...
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