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KZ: inclusion regarding influenza vaccination in the draft act on clinical trials

At the session starting on Wednesday, the Sejm will most likely deal with the report of the Health Committee on the work on the draft act on clinical trials. On Tuesday, the KZ adopted a report with a parliamentary amendment allowing pharmacists to issue full prescriptions for influenza vaccines.

Jan. 11, 2023
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The guide will help staff communicate with parents of premature babies

The Coalition for a Premature Child Foundation has prepared a guide to help in communication between parents of premature babies and medical staff. The parents of premature babies themselves spoke about the need to create such a guide. The communication guide is intended to build better...

Jan. 10, 2023
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The construction of the Psychiatry Center for Children and Youth is underway in Warsaw

A new center, the Center of Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents, is being built at the "Monument - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka" Institute. The center is to be commissioned at the turn of 2023 and 2024.

Jan. 10, 2023
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Summary of Medexpress news - January 10, 2023

- We forecast that we will still see some stabilization in terms of flu or RSV infections - predicted Wojciech Andrusiewicz, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, in an interview with Polsat News. He added that the peak of RSV infections is behind us. - In order to stop the infection epidemic,...

Jan. 10, 2023
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Wojciech Andrusiewicz: The situation is stabilizing

– We forecast that we will still see some stabilization in terms of influenza infections or RSV virus – predicted Wojciech Andrusiewicz, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, in an interview with Polsat News. He added that the peak of RSV infections is behind us.

Jan. 10, 2023
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There is an announcement from the Ministry of Health regarding the State Specialization Examination of Laboratory Diagnosticians

The Ministry of Health has published the "Announcement of the Minister of Health on the deadline for submitting applications for the State Specialization Exam for Laboratory Diagnosticians (PESDL)". Due to the fact that the deadline for submitting an application for taking the State...

Jan. 10, 2023
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Provincial action plan of the PRM system. There is a draft regulation

The Draft Ordinance of the Minister of Health amending the ordinance on the voivodeship action plan of the State Medical Rescue system was submitted for consultation.

Jan. 10, 2023
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Free combo tests at your family doctor

Combo tests, i.e. three in one, have become benefits guaranteed in Primary Health Care. This means that they can be financed by the National Health Fund and patients will be able to perform the test free of charge at their family doctor. Filip Nowak, president of the National Health Fund, signed...

Jan. 9, 2023
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NRPiP intervenes with voivodes. It is about unfair practices towards nurses and midwives

The Supreme Council of Nurses and Midwives asked all voivodes to enforce the correct interpretation of the provisions of the Act on the method of determining the minimum basic salary on their subordinate healthcare entities. The point is to cover nurses of the system who have the title of...

Jan. 9, 2023
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Let's go back to the DDM principle!

Not only COVID-19, but all kinds of deadly viruses are wreaking havoc among Polish patients. Crowded clinics, occupied beds in hospitals... The spread of pathogens is favored not only by the weather (temperature fluctuations and high humidity), but also by unjustified carelessness!

Jan. 9, 2023
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Early stage combo tests will confirm or rule out infection

Combo tests detecting the presence of influenza virus, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 are to appear in primary care offices this week. – At the initial stage of infection, we will be able to distinguish which virus we are dealing with or rule out infection with them. If it turns out that influenza is the...

Jan. 9, 2023
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Summary of Medexpress news - January 9, 2023

- I signed a regulation that introduces the possibility of performing a test at a family doctor, which will identify what ailment we are dealing with - whether it is RSV, flu or COVID-19 - said Adam Niedzielski during a press conference. Combo tests are expected to be available for purchase...

Jan. 9, 2023
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More and more young Poles are addicted to e-cigarettes

Every fourth Polish teenager reaches for e-cigarettes, alerts the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, there are more studies showing the negative health effects of smoking them. What's more, the risk of addiction is estimated to be higher than in the case of traditional cigarettes.

Jan. 9, 2023
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Combo tests will be available in clinics within a week

– I signed the regulation that introduces the possibility of performing a test at the family doctor, which will identify what ailment we are dealing with – whether it is RSV, flu or COVID-19 – Adam Niedzielski informed during Thursday's press conference.

Jan. 5, 2023
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The NIL makes recommendations for flu season

Dissemination of influenza vaccination, isolation of people showing signs of infection and special protection against infection of people from risk groups. Among others, such recommendations were issued by the Council of Experts of the Supreme Medical Chamber in connection with the season of...

Jan. 5, 2023
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Radiation map of the country - why is it worth following?

The National Atomic Energy Agency is developing a map of the country's radiation situation - the map portal publishes the results of measurements of the ionizing radiation level of thirteen new PMS stations belonging to the PAA, as well as the results provided by the stations of the Institute of...

Jan. 5, 2023
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KRF satisfied with the regulation of the President of the National Health Fund. The changes will make the work of physiotherapists easier

At the beginning of the year, changes facilitating the work of physiotherapists, included in the regulation of the President of the National Health Fund, came into force. Among other things, it was introduced the possibility for the physiotherapist to complete the missing data on the referral...

Jan. 4, 2023
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Root canal treatment. These diseases can thwart them

The success of root canal treatment depends not only on the condition of the tooth and properly performed treatment, but also on the general condition of our body. stom. bow. stom. Bartłomiej Karaś, endodontist, member of e.g. Research Department of the Polish Society of Endodontics. Research on...

Jan. 4, 2023
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Coronavirus: Report of the Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health provided data for the period from December 29 to January 4: we have 3,390 (including 663 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from the provinces: mazowieckie (482), Silesian (378), of Lower Silesia (336), Greater Poland (273), Lesser Poland (243), West...

Jan. 4, 2023
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District Hospital in Wołomin expanded

After two years of construction work, the new building of the Hospital of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Wołomin was officially opened. There are several specialist clinics, a rehabilitation center and hospital administration located there.

Jan. 4, 2023
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January is Heart Arrhythmia Awareness Month

In January 2023, the Heart Rhythm Section of the Polish Society of Cardiology inaugurated the "Heart Arrhythmia Awareness Month". The awareness campaign on prevention, diagnosis and therapy of arrhythmia is addressed to the general public and cardiological patients. Cardiologists and...

Jan. 4, 2023