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In a nutshell. Medexpress news digest - 3.04.2023.
Published April 3, 2023 10:22
- The policy towards the oldest generation is not only the 13th and 14th pensions. It's also measures to activate seniors," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during a conference related to the payment of 13th pensions. The head of the Council of Ministers recalled that outlays on health care have increased over the past eight years from about 75 billion zlotys to about 160 billion zlotys, and seniors have also benefited from this increase.
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- We are recommending the 5th dose of COVID-19 vaccination to those who have taken the monovalent vaccine as the 4th dose, are over 60 years old or have "impaired" immunity or work in medical entities, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said at a conference in Gdansk. E-referrals will be issued on April 15.
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Specialists from the Institute of Heart Diseases at the Medical University of Wroclaw, Poland, were the first in Poland to implant a patient with an Impella 5.5 pump - a modern device that relieves and supports the heart. Thanks to it, they saved the life of a young man who is now waiting for an organ transplant. - The Impella takes over the function of the left ventricle of the heart, pumps blood from it and mechanically pumps it into the aorta and then the entire circulatory system. Thus, it makes it possible to regenerate the organ," explains Wiktor Kuliczkowski, MD, head of the Hemodynamics Laboratory at the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw.
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A regional hospital in Třinec is using an unusual, yet cheap and effective method to treat persistent, recurrent diarrhea caused by the Clostridium difficile bacterium. It involves "transferring" the stool of a healthy person into the patient's intestine. The infection is most common in elderly people in hospitals or nursing homes. A risk factor is antibiotic therapy, especially prolonged antibiotic therapy. In some cases, the course of the disease can be life-threatening. The goal of transplantation is to restore the microflora in the patient's gut by transferring optimal microflora from a healthy donor. Doctors argue that no drugstore probiotics have such a positive effect on restoring the intestinal balance.
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