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Christmas full of warmth - how to celebrate Christmas when a child is sick?

The diagnosis of an illness in a child turns the life of the entire family on its head. Everyday life is subordinated to the treatment process, and what seemed important not long ago loses its importance. However, in this new reality, there are moments that remain constant, giving breath and...

Dec. 24, 2024
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What's in the GIS anti-cruelty package?

We are alarmed by the number of whooping cough cases, Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos admitted on Friday. This week, the Chief Sanitary Inspector presented solutions, included in the "anti-pertussis package," regarding, among other things, vaccination of adults. Analysis is underway, Kos said,...

Dec. 24, 2024
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Under the guise of helping, they deceive seniors. "Instead of Christmas cleaning, cleaning out of money and valuables."

The pre-Christmas rush can sometimes be a serious problem for the elderly and lonely. The amount of information, the crowd in shopping malls and the multitude of people around are situations that can generate serious threats from fraudsters and thieves. Detective Margaret Marczulewska says she...

Dec. 24, 2024
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There is the first national list of critical medicines

On December 20, the Health Ministry published Poland's first National List of Critical Medicines, which includes 301 active substances. An additional 63 items appeared on it compared to the draft.

Dec. 23, 2024
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Care for seniors and the sick during the holidays. "The situation is difficult on many levels."

- During the time around Christmas we notice that hospital emergency rooms are busier. However, I wouldn't risk the thesis that we are dealing with a mass surrender of seniors to hospitals so that they don't bother us during the holidays," says Aleksander Matysiak, secretary of the Regional...

Dec. 23, 2024
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New horizons in oncology and hematooncology. Opportunities for patients

- The National Oncology Strategy is being implemented, about 70 percent of it, on time, although some of the tasks are being remodeled over time, assured Prof. Piotr Rutkowski of the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Oncology Institute - PIB in Warsaw, chairman of the Polish Oncology Society, during a...

Dec. 23, 2024
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President signed amendment to the law on health care services

On December 19, 2024, President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda signed the Law of December 6, 2024, amending the Law on publicly financed health care services.

Dec. 23, 2024
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PPOZ summarizes the passing year

Busy, jubilee and unprecedented! Such for the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement was 2024. - We managed to solve many problems, but there is still a lot of work ahead of us. We don't intend to slow down," says Bozena Janicka, president of the PPOZ, adding that in 2025 - in accordance...

Dec. 23, 2024
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SMA: What is the future of the drug program?

The SMA treatment program is complete, in line with standards. Patients have access to all registered therapies, Deputy Health Minister Marek Kos told the Sejm on Thursday. Outlays for the program are increasing, he reported. This year, PLN 475 million has already been spent, while in the entire...

Dec. 22, 2024
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There is a new president of INFARMA

Phil Krzyzek was elected president of INFARMA's Board of Directors in December 2024. The election of the new CEO follows the resignation of Agnieszka Grzybowska-Zalewska, who had held the position since June 2023.

Dec. 20, 2024
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Mini-RIRS: New standard of treatment for kidney stones available in Poland

Patients of the URO.pl Advanced Urology Center at St. Anne's Hospital in Piaseczno are the first in Poland to be treated for kidney stones with an ultra-thin endoscope used in a mini-RIRS procedure. This device allows precise removal of deposits even from hard-to-reach areas of the kidney,...

Dec. 20, 2024
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It's high time to get vaccinated!

Influenza, various mutations of COVID-19, and most recently pertussis! Infection season has just begun, but the peak is still to come! Doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement remind us that the most effective way to stem the tide of infections is vaccination!

Dec. 20, 2024
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Parliamentary Health Committee - watch online

Consideration of the Senate's resolution on the Law on Amendments to the Law on Health Care Services Financed from Public Funds and Certain Other Laws

Dec. 20, 2024
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All provinces with Clinical Research Support Center

The Medical Research Agency has announced the results of a competition for the establishment and development of Clinical Research Support Centers within the framework of the National Plan for Rehabilitation and Enhancement of Immunity. As a result, 10 new centers will join the Polish Clinical...

Dec. 20, 2024
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The president has signed the law on CMKP. What will change?

The President has signed into law a bill to amend regulations on the Medical Center for Postgraduate Education.

Dec. 19, 2024
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AOTMiT: Transparency Council on insomnia, intimate health and muscular dystrophy, among others

The next meeting of the Transparency Council will be held on Monday, December 23.

Dec. 19, 2024
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Parliamentary Health Committee - live

Consideration of information on the implementation of the Law of June 16, 2023 on Quality in Health Care and Patient Safety - presented by the Minister of Health.

Dec. 18, 2024
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Will there be a National Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Network?

Representatives of the Polish Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology met with Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna. During the meeting, important issues related to the functioning of pediatric oncology and hematology in Poland were discussed, including the project to establish a National...

Dec. 18, 2024
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Vaccination in the spotlight of GIS

- The current surveillance system is outdated," Dr. Pawel Grzesiowski, Chief Sanitary Inspector, said at Tuesday's press briefing, referring to the Supreme Audit Office's report on the implementation of mandatory immunization of children and adolescents. The inspectors showed many deficiencies in...

Dec. 18, 2024
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Izabela Leszczyna: During the Polish presidency we will talk about the 7 pillars of security

In January 2025. Poland will take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from Hungary. The watchword of the Polish presidency will be security - in various dimensions, including health. The main health priorities are the mental health of children and young people, prevention and...

Dec. 18, 2024
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90 years of the Polish Lung Association: Pneumonology has come a long way

- Chronic lung diseases cause as much as 9 percent of disability in Poland. Lung diseases are second in order as causes of sickness absence. This is a huge public health problem," says Dr. Malgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska, president of PTChP, in an interview with Medexpress. What path has...

Dec. 17, 2024