Medexpress message summary - 09/22/2022

- We are introducing a reform of the spa treatment - health minister Adam Niedzielski announced during a press conference in Ciechocinek. The choice of the sanatorium and the date of treatment is to be made by the patient. As announced by the head of the Ministry of Health, a draft law on this matter will be presented in October. The implementation of the new regulations is tentatively scheduled for 2024.

The head of the health ministry also assured on Radio Plus that the government could not afford shortages of vaccines against covid-19, hence the order for about 4 million doses of the bivalent preparation for September. - Nearly 12 million people were vaccinated with the third dose and the potential for the next dose was estimated on the basis of this number. We will do everything to increase the interest in vaccinations - said Adam Niedzielski. An information campaign is to start next week, the aim of which will be to interest Poles in additional vaccinations and to clarify any doubts that arise.

The Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defense at Szaserów Street in Warsaw has a new magnetic resonance imaging system. The device with a field power of 1.5 Tesla is to work in the Magnetic Resonance Laboratory of the Medical Radiology Department. - The device will enable the accurate diagnosis of the full spectrum of diseases of the central nervous system, cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

On September 18, a meeting of the PPOZ Board and County Council was held. One of the main topics was the changes that have been taking place in primary care since October 1, i.e. the entry into force of the regulations on integrated care. PPOZ service providers announce that they will not implement coordinated care within this period. What stands in the way? According to the doctors associated with PPOZ, it is primarily a lack of staff, helpers and housing shortages, as well as bureaucracy in the field of coordinated care and under-valuation.