The United States has released updated vaccines against COVID-19 - with concerns about a large wave of infections with new SARS-CoV-2 variants as a backdrop. A Covid wave is also sweeping through Europe, including Poland, with so little that we know almost nothing about it, at least in our...
Opóźnienia, błędy i zaniedbania wytyka Lubelskiemu Oddziałowi NFZ Najwyższa Izba Kontroli.
So many of my colleagues outside the government are speaking out about the premium that, frankly, I think that the Minister of Health should probably not enter into this discussion, which is absolutely journalistic and political," Izabela Leszczyna said on Wednesday morning, commenting on reports...
A team of specialists from the National Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw (Anin), has performed a procedure to implant a new generation electrodeless pacemaker in a patient who had undergone heart transplantation surgery in the past. The method used is minimally invasive and safe. The lack of...
It is possible that pregnant women will be able to receive the pertussis vaccine free of charge from the beginning of the new year, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna announced in an interview with Radio TOK FM.
The draft regulation on granting statutes to the General Sanitary Inspectorate, introduces significant changes to the organizational structure of the GID. The purpose of these changes is to improve the operation of the Inspectorate by modernizing and professionalizing the management model.
On August 26, 2024, the recruitment of medical facilities for a pilot program of central e-registration, which includes preventive examinations (cytology and mammography) and cardiology clinic visits, began. The program aims to facilitate appointment management and improve the efficiency of the...
On August 26, the National Council of Physiotherapists elected two new vice presidents: Elżbieta Skorupska, MD, and Agnieszka Krawętkowska, MD. The changes in the KRF Presidium are a result of the resignations submitted by Dr. Dominika Batycka-Stachnik and Dr. Rafał Trąbka. Hanna Kowalewska...
- COVID-19 runs are somewhat worse now. We are encountering severe pneumonia. It can't be compared to when we were fighting the Delta variant, but they are no longer just colds like last year," Deputy Health Minister Wojciech Konieczny said on Polish Radio Program 1.
The Ministry of Health has amended the regulation governing prescription fulfillment. As a result, the pharmacist's liability for errors in the fulfillment of annual prescriptions resulting from incorrect calculations of the machine is abolished. - This is a fair solution," comments Marek Tomków,...
Over the past year, the OCCP conducted 27 inspections on which companies offered their products to consumers. What was the effect?
The Presidium of the Supreme Medical Council has published its position in response to the Health Minister's draft regulation on narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, category 1 precursors and preparations containing these substances. The medical self-government has significant objections to...
The President of the UODO has fined the Independent Public Health Care Center in Pajęczno 40 thousand zlotys. As a result of the hacking attack, the facility lost access to patient and employee data. It took corrective action only after the fact. Before that, it had not conducted a risk analysis...
Patient Ombudsman Bartlomiej Chmielowiec, has awarded the highest possible benefit of 200,000 zlotys from the Medical Event Compensation Fund. The fund, which has been in operation since last September, is a new, out-of-court pathway for patients injured by medical errors to obtain financial...
When we talk about side effects, we mean any adverse and undesirable effect of a drug that occurs in a patient during or shortly after treatment. Often this term is confused with a side effect, but they are not entirely the same. How to recognize an adverse reaction and what to do next?
The Left will not let go of the abortion issue, the leaders of the smallest of the coalition partners declare. This is a reaction to Donald Tusk's declaration at the opening of the Campus Polska Przyszłości that there is no way in the current Sejm to carry out the legalization of abortion in the...
Blood is urgently needed. We are asking blood donors to come forward," the regional blood donation and blood-treatment centers are appealing. Some of them lack almost all blood groups. This is the case, for example, in Cracow and Radom.
A food allergy is when the body's immune system reacts to certain foods. Usually allergic reactions are mild, but there are some that are severe. Allergists must avoid foods that cause them. Importantly - European legislation, based on scientific grounds, ensures the presence of allergen...
Starting in September, the gynecology-obstetrics ward at the county hospital in New Town Lubawski will be transformed and will provide scheduled gynecology services, the Health Ministry reports. For many years, the gynecology-obstetrics ward of the district hospital in New Town Lubawski has been...
- We need to determine, first of all, who should be the ultimate beneficiaries of what the health premium looks like and how much it is. I understand the indignation of entrepreneurs, but at the same time I know what problems health care is currently facing. The task of the Medical Council is to...
"In 2023, 659 people in Poland contracted tick-borne encephalitis. 35-58 percent of patients with central nervous system involvement develop permanent neurological complications," the Health Ministry warns. In addition to the CSE, the result of a tick bite can be Lyme disease. What can be done to...
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