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The number of Covid-19 infections is increasing. But flu is the biggest problem right now

– Covid-19 is not the main epidemic cause in the country at the moment. The problem now is influenza and RSV, said Health Minister Adam Niedzielski. From September 1 to November 30, almost 161,000 deaths were recorded in Poland. cases of Covid 19, while there were almost 1.3 million cases of...

Dec. 9, 2022
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What is the future of the drug program in Hunter's disease? The reimbursement decision expires at the end of the year

Hunter's disease patients and their doctors fear losing access to treatment. The reimbursement decision for a preparation covered by the drug program expires at the end of the year. Its extension is uncertain due to the high cost of therapy.

Dec. 9, 2022
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Covid-19 pre-exposure prophylaxis is important for immunosuppressed patients

– Immunosuppression is moving to the top of the pyramid of factors affecting the risk of a severe course of Covid-19. Vaccination is still the primary recommendation for the immunocompetent, but many do not respond adequately to it. Then, pre-exposure prophylaxis with the use of monoclonal...

Dec. 8, 2022
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Employment standards for nurses: The Polish Federation of Hospitals wants changes

The Polish Federation of Hospitals sent a letter to the Ministry of Health with a request to amend the regulation on guaranteed services in the field of hospital treatment in the part concerning employment standards for nurses.

Dec. 8, 2022
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Vaccines against Covid-19 for the youngest have arrived in Poland

– The Government Strategic Reserves Agency has received COVID-19 vaccines for children aged six months to four years – the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski wrote on Twitter. The vaccination plan for this age group is to be announced today.

Dec. 8, 2022
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MZ: Hedgehog will teach you to eat

Eating habits formed in childhood often stay with us into adulthood. Therefore, a healthy and balanced diet should be introduced from an early age. The development of proper eating habits is supported by a joint program of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Health, Junior-...

Dec. 8, 2022
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ICU hospital. episode 4: Green hospitals

– There are already hospitals in Poland that have taken the problem of improving energy efficiency seriously. On the one hand, they did it out of respect for the environment, but on the other - they were looking for a way to generate reality - said Michał Grzybowski, president of Philips Polska,...

Dec. 7, 2022
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Medexpress news summary - December 7, 2022

Although this year's flu vaccines were available in pharmacies as early as mid-August, and from September 1, the National Health Fund finances the vaccination service, Poland will probably record another spectacular decrease in the percentage of vaccinated. By December 2, less than 650,000 people...

Dec. 7, 2022
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Public health failure: Dramatic drop in flu vaccinations

Although flu vaccines were available in pharmacies this year as early as mid-August, and from September 1, the National Health Fund finances the vaccination service, Poland will probably record another spectacular drop in the percentage of those vaccinated. By December 2, less than 650,000 people...

Dec. 7, 2022
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Klawo as hell - author's current commentary

For some time, the Minister of Health and the Prime Minister, as well as some other representatives of the government, have been boasting in the media that the current government has greatly improved the situation of public health care. This is evidenced by greater than ever before - and still...

Dec. 7, 2022
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Obesity epidemic among Polish children. We have already crossed the threshold of a catastrophe, doctors are alarming

More than one fifth of children in Poland struggle with the problem of excessive body weight, according to data collected by the Supreme Audit Office based on the analysis of medical documentation. 14.5 percent Polish children are overweight, 7.2 percent. are obese people. According to experts,...

Dec. 6, 2022
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We need to assess the risk of signing further contracts!

Service providers associated in the Healthcare Employers' Agreement are surprised by the position of Filip Nowak, President of the National Health Fund, who, thanking for the talks, unilaterally closes further planned negotiations. - We take care of the health of millions of Poles and employ huge...

Dec. 6, 2022
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A storm after the words of the PiS president in Nowa Sól. Doctors are outraged by allegations against them

– There are doctors who earn quite an average salary, but some earn very, very much. I wouldn't mind that if the health service really worked as it should, said Jarosław Kaczyński, the president of Law and Justice, during a meeting with the residents of Nowa Sól. Kaczyński's words sparked...

Dec. 6, 2022
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OECD: public spending on health in Poland below 5 percent. GDP

Only five countries in the EU spent less on health in 2020 – in total – than Poland. We are doing very badly when it comes to spending per capita, we are doing badly when analyzing the percentage of public spending - here we took the last place in the first year of the pandemic.

Dec. 6, 2022
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Bill taking money for health rejected by the Senate

The Senate Health Committee rejected the Act on the Professions of Physician and Dentist in its entirety, which provides for transferring the costs of certain services from the state budget to the National Health Fund. The upper house will consider the bill at its next meeting, which begins on...

Dec. 5, 2022
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Where to hit to make it resonate

The president of PiS returns to the hot topic of doctors' salaries, which warms the imagination of voters, at least in his imagination. Last weekend we learned that thanks to access to government sources, the president has an idea of ​​​​how much doctors earn, and these are considerable amounts -...

Dec. 5, 2022
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Council of the Medical Fund on RDTL on genetic research

On November 3, 2022, the 10th meeting of the Medical Fund Council was held, attended by its members and invited guests.

Dec. 5, 2022
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Saturday is International Day of Persons with Disabilities

On December 3, we celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, during which we draw attention to the daily challenges faced by over 1.3 billion people around the world. The most vulnerable are people with disabilities living in low- and middle-income countries and in areas of...

Dec. 2, 2022
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You can effectively protect yourself against HIV infection

December 1 has been celebrated as World AIDS Day since 1988. Although the care of the sick is considered exemplary in Poland, there is still much to be done in terms of HIV/AIDS prevention. Meanwhile, it is possible and effective, both as a pre- and post-exposure action. However, many people do...

Dec. 1, 2022
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Summary of Medexpress news - December 1, 2022

– We do not exclude such a solution, but we still need some time for specialists to advise us whether this is the moment, in which we can afford it - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday during a visit to Czeladź in response to journalists' questions about the possibility of lifting...

Dec. 1, 2022
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Abolition of the state of epidemic threat possible from the new year

– We do not rule out such a solution, but we still need some time for specialists to advise us whether this is the moment when we can afford it – Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday during a visit to Czeladź in response to journalists' questions about the possibility of lifting the...

Dec. 1, 2022