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...
The Hospital Infection Control Team of the Memorial Hospital of the Baptism of Poland in Gniezno issued an announcement yesterday on the restriction of Covid-19, influenza and RSV infections. Outsiders and staff are to walk around wearing masks. Visits, meanwhile, will be significantly restricted.
Maciej Dabrowski, M.D., took over as deputy director for clinical affairs at the National Institute of Cardiology last Wednesday. He succeeded Prof. Maciej Sterlinski, MD, who is returning to work with patients at the NIKard Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders.
The Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin has opened a University Pharmaceutical Plant. It will conduct non-commercial clinical trials and develop advanced medicinal products.
"No new restrictions or mandatory preventive measures are planned in the near future," the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate reports in a press release. This is in response to media speculation about the possibility of a return to mandatory wearing of protective masks due to the increasing number of...
- Patients with hemato-oncology diseases deserve to be treated with the latest methods, the parlementarians who spoke in a poll conducted by Medexpress in the parliamentary corridors agree. Among other things, we asked them about the importance of effective use of financial inputs in this field...
As a result of an electronic vote held on August 19-21, 2024, CMKP Prof. Piotr Kryst was elected director of the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education. The newly-appointed director will take up his post on September 1, 2024, and his term will last until August 31, 2028.Extensive experience in...
Introducing a child to school life is a process that requires parents to do much more than buy a backpack and walk their toddler to the school gate. In fact, it is an emotional moment for both children and parents, who often experience this stage just as intensely.
When we go on vacation, our first instinct is rarely to think about what regulations apply to taking medicines across the border. This is a big mistake, especially if we are taking any medications on a permanent basis. It turns out that if we don't follow the formalities, we can be unpleasantly...
Over the past happy months, more than 53 percent of Poles aged 18-35 have experienced signs of bullying in their workplace. Within this group, the largest number of people spoke of shouting, cursing and name-calling - more than 21 percent. Mostly these were respondents earning more than PLN 9,000...
Mixing alcohol with energy drinks can have lamentable consequences, the Health Ministry warns, and with it doctors. Such a combination is most often seen in young people, especially during the holiday season. Ingestion of such a mixture often ends up in the ED. There may even be life-threatening...
The Ministry of Health has sent for external consultation a draft Regulation of the Minister of Health on the list of Provincial Monitoring Centers. The Ordinance is an implementing act of the National Cancer Network Act and represents the next stage of the network's implementation.
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