According to the Ministry of Health, the situation of poviat hospitals has not worsened in the last two years - as local government officials are alarming. On the contrary, the profitability of these establishments is increasing. In 2019, 33 percent was profitable. branches, and in 2020 - 46 percent. Branch losses decreased by nearly 50%. - argued in the Seym Deputy Minister Maciej Miłkowski.
MZ: poviat hospitals are becoming more and more profitable
Published May 27, 2022 07:53
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- The total financial result of poviat hospitals for 2020 amounted to PLN 219 million, a year earlier - PLN 575 million. Consequently, the losses decreased by nearly 50%. - said the deputy minister, answering questions from Polish Coalition MPs who were concerned about the situation in poviat hospitals. - In 2019, it was profitable 33 percent. hospitals, and in 2020 - 46 percent hospitals - he added. It is true that total liabilities of poviat institutions increased - in 2019 they amounted to PLN 4.8 billion, in 2020 - PLN 5.5 billion, and in 2021 - PLN 5.6 billion, but due liabilities decreased from PLN 632 million to PLN 478 PLN million for 2021. The number of hospitals that have no commitments has also increased. According to data from the end of 2021, 39 percent. County hospitals were in this situation.
The MPs also wanted to know if the ministry plans to cancel the return of one-twelfth of the contract to hospitals, i.e. the advances paid during the pandemic. Miłkowski said that due to the enormous health debt, the ministry wants hospitals to provide as many health services as possible, and because they are overpaid - we expect that there will be much more of them. Hospitals, he said, still have approx. PLN 800 million to be repaid, and the time for settlement - by the end of 2023.
The minister of Zdrowa was also asked how the ministry plans to solve the problem of "lack of resident doctors in district hospitals". To the question posed in this way, and to the question of the possibility of introducing obligatory practices in poviat hospitals for doctors during specialization (such an idea was actually considered by the Ministry of Health before the pandemic), the deputy head of the Ministry of Health replied that "specialization training of doctors is not the aim of securing shortages in the health protection system. health". - Residence paid by the ministry or specialization in non-residence mode is for a specific period of time for the doctor to obtain a specialization. Maciej Miłkowski emphasized that while doing the specialization, apart from the basic internship, there are also partial internships carried out in other medical entities, as well as specialization training or qualification courses "therefore these people are not in the given entity". He also informed deputies that there are currently 1,450 training places in poviat hospitals. - Most in the Śląskie, Małopolskie and Świętokrzyskie voivodships in terms of internal diseases, pediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics and traumatology - he stated.
