The Health Ministry has issued a communiqué on the matter.
As the effectiveness of cancer treatment for children and adolescents increases, rehabilitation is also becoming increasingly important. According to a study conducted by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as many as...
During Friday's session of the Sejm, deputies rejected all of the Senate's amendments to the Law on Patients' Rights and Patients' Ombudsman. The law establishes a Medical Events Compensation Fund.
The Patient Ombudsman, Bartlomiej Chmielowiec, and the Center for Monitoring Quality in Health Care, represented by Director Agnieszka Pietraszewska-Maketa, have entered into an agreement on cooperation aimed at improving the safety and quality of the health care system in Poland.
Observance of patient rights is a prerequisite for realizing the humanistic mission of health systems. In the face of contemporary challenges resulting from epidemiological, technological, institutional and social changes, it is necessary to create conditions for a more effective functioning of...
The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate appeals for moderation in sunbathing. Adequate intake of sunlight is essential for the proper functioning of the human body, but staying in the sun too long can lead not only to burns, but even cancerous changes, the GIS reminds.
The directors of the city's hospitals with gynecological departments in Warsaw have signed a joint statement on access to all medical services, including abortions, in cases that comply with current law. - In any of our hospitals, every woman can always count on help in a health or life-...
Wednesday's meeting of the Sejm's Senior Policy and Health Committee featured the first reading of a bill presented by the President of the Republic of Poland on special geriatric care. Among other things, the bill envisages supplementing the health care system with 75+ health centers. According...
A draft "Law on amending the Law on reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices" has reached the Parliament. Family medicine specialists are concerned about the provisions on doctors' prescriptions. The provisions were very favorable to patients...
How does sleep affect weight management? What role does it play in the fight against obesity? Dr. Marek Derkacz, MD — internist, endocrinologist, and diabetologist, as well as the author of numerous publications on the multidimensional approach to obesity — shares his insights in an interview for...
The Ministry of Health has published a regulation on a pilot program for diabetic foot syndrome care. Up to a dozen percent of diabetic patients struggle with this health problem.
Congenital hypophosphatasia is an ultra-rare inborn metabolic defect that is caused by a deficiency in the activity of an important enzyme, alkaline phosphatase, says Jolanta Sykut-Cegielska, MD, IMiD professor, head of the Department of Inborn Metabolic Defects and Pediatrics at the Mother and...
The vacations are a sensitive period during which the rate of mental disorders increases. Why? We asked Dr. Piotr Wierzbinski, MD, a member of the Polish Psychiatric Association and the International Society of Sports Psychiatry, to explain this phenomenon.
An interview with Aleksandra Wilk, director of the Lung Cancer Section, TO SIĘ LECZY Foundation.
June 21 marks the Day of Solidarity with Migraine Sufferers. Although everyone has heard of this disease, unfortunately it is still disregarded, often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated. The myths and stereotypes that have grown up around migraine over the years mean that patients still face a...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to better protect people from bio-contaminated tattoo inks. How.
A conversation with Jolanta Meller, coordinator of the 1st Oncology Clinic at the National Cancer Institute in Warsaw.
Consideration of the parliamentary bill on amending the Law on Patients' Rights and the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights and some other laws.
Threat to health and life of pregnant women as a result of failure to provide necessary health services - after the death of Ms. Dorothy in New Market
Women's autism in Poland - JIM Foundation report. Student Needs Chart
Starting in November 2021, the Breast Cancer Awareness Center in Gdansk began work on an innovative project, personalized rehabilitation dedicated to patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer based on the oncoplastic procedure performed and the time since it.
"Annually more than 22,000 new cancers are diagnosed, with less than 40 percent being cases of early diagnosed breast cancer. "- says OmeaLife Foundation president Magdalena Cardinal.
The Safe Patient Foundation has shared a translated version of WHO documents on procedures and conduct to improve patient safety.
They are placed on the patient's hands or other areas. They are used to identify the patient and his/her current therapeutic needs such as illness, medications used, treatments required, etc.So far, bar codes have been used, but an amendment to the Patients' Rights Act proposes putting names,...
The Ombudsman is addressing the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection and the director of the Regional Specialized Hospital in Legnica. The issue is the disclosure of the personal data of the ICU patient and the complainant.
Iga Rawicka, president of the EuropaColon Poland Foundation:Nutritional treatment is an absolute necessity.Patients, especially those with gastrointestinal cancers, are very often malnourished (up to 80% of such patients)It is difficult to treat a malnourished patient effectively, for example,...
- I hope that patients equipped with the right information will feel more comfortable using medical services," says Patient Ombudsman Bartlomiej Chmielowiec. You can already download the "Patient Navigator" - an informative guide to help organize information on how to function in the health care...
We asked passersby in a Medexpress street poll about whether Polish women want to be vaccinated against HPV.
W obliczu rosnącej w zatrważającym tempie liczby prób samobójczych wśród dzieci i młodzieży, obchodzony 1 czerwca Dzień Dziecka nabiera innego wymiaru. – Najlepszym prezentem, jaki możemy dać młodemu człowiekowi, jest nasza uważność! Obserwujmy, reagujmy! Większość podjętych zamachów na własne...
To jedyny taki sprzęt w Polsce przeznaczony dla małych pacjentów, służący do pogłębionej diagnostyki chorób onkologicznych i hematologicznych.
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