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Patients in rural areas are losing access to family medicine specialists

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Sept. 1, 2022 11:08

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These are no longer black visions, it's a fact - patients from rural areas are losing access to family medicine clinics. The lack of incentives to work in small towns and villages makes even the two-speed POZ a myth today, because in many small towns it is no longer possible to speak of any speed. Will the deteriorating situation of patients from outside large cities finally find a worthy place on the list of priorities of decision makers in health care?

Rozmierz - a small town located in the Opolskie Voivodeship. The 81-year-old doctor who took care of her patients to the end dies. As a result, 1,300 patients were left unattended by a family medicine specialist. The clinic in Izbicko, located 10 km away, is not able to help the patients of Rozmierz, just like other facilities in the area. The retired doctor already treats there a greater number of patients than he should, as many as 3,150 people. As Bernard Knosala - a specialist pediatrician from the Med-Izb clinic says, “Despite our sincere intentions, we are not able to help patients. I have been retired for over 20 month...

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