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Adam Niedzielski: Healthcare expenses will grow

By 2027, health care spending is expected to reach 7 percent. GDP, declared the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, during the 8th reporting and election session of the Citizens' Parliament of Seniors. It has to do with the aging of the society.

Nov. 8, 2022
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Hospital in the ICU - episode 2: Jolanta Sobierańska-Grenda

- The problem in restructured hospitals is often what I call debt habituation. The first million in debt is fear and stress. When the debt reaches the level of PLN 10 million, the staff or managers often feel so powerless that it does not arouse emotions - she said in the podcast "Hospital in the...

Nov. 8, 2022
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Treatment of SMA is better the earlier the diagnosis is made

- Patients who start treatment early have the best clinical outcomes. This is a pilot, perfect program. However, we are constantly analyzing what else can be added, what drugs are needed - said Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski in an interview with Medexpress, summing up 3.5 years of the...

Nov. 7, 2022
Dorota-Raczek

SMA becomes a chronic disease, not a fatal one

“Since there are treatments for SMA, we know we can stop this progressive disease. Her image changes. It becomes a chronic disease, not a fatal one. We are proud of it. We hope for further successes and further therapies - said Dorota Raczek, president of the SMA Foundation, in an interview with...

Nov. 7, 2022
Katarzyna-Kotulska-Jozwiak

Pharmacotherapy for SMA in children benefits all patients

- The minimum plan is to stop the progression of the disease. This was achieved in all patients. Almost 90 percent of improvement was achieved, which in the progressive disease of the nervous system is completely unattainable without treatment - said in an interview with Medexpress Prof....

Nov. 7, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - November 7, 2022

The Sejm on Friday evening passed the amendment to the act on the Medical Fund - without a single vote of opposition. Twelve deputies, including the Confederation, abstained. One of the main points of the amendment is the addition of a new category of services that will be able to be financed by...

Nov. 7, 2022
Anna-Kostera-Pruszczyk

Pharmacotherapy in SMA is a breakthrough in the lives of patients

- We can say that not only have the natural course of SMA, which is a progressive disease untreated, been reversed. So the stabilization of the patient's condition would be a huge success. We can see, however, that the condition of our patients is improving - said Prof. Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk,...

Nov. 7, 2022
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Human resources are the most important in the health care system

- There is nothing more important in the health care system than human resources - wrote the Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski on Twitter. The head of the Ministry of Health recalled that the number of places in medical faculties increased by over 40 percent. compared to the 2015/2016 academic...

Nov. 7, 2022
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Changes in Medical Funds

On Friday evening, the Sejm passed an amendment to the Act on the Medical Fund - without a single vote of opposition. Twelve deputies, including the Confederation, abstained.

Nov. 4, 2022
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Clinical trials with a combination vaccine against influenza and Covid-19 have started

Pfizer and BioNTech begin Phase I trials of an mRNA-based combination vaccine to protect against influenza and COVID-19. The vaccine dose was already given to the first participant in the US. The study is to assess the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the preparation.

Nov. 4, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - November 4, 2012

The Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Łódź (ICZMP) fell victim to a cyberattack. Patients must take into account the difficulties in handling, as the clinic authorities have decided to temporarily disable IT systems. “We are conducting intensive activities that are to lead...

Nov. 4, 2022
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Cyber ​​attack on one of the largest hospitals in the country

The Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute in Łódź (ICZMP) fell victim to a cyberattack. Patients must take into account the difficulties in handling, as the clinic authorities have decided to temporarily disable IT systems.

Nov. 3, 2022
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Medexpress news - 3.11.2022

A draft amendment to the Act on the State Emergency Medical Services was submitted for consultation, which introduces a lower threshold for the number of specialist medical rescue teams. It is assumed that for each started 10 basic teams in the voivodeship there should be at least one specialist...

Nov. 3, 2022
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Autumn will be quiet. Another pandemic wave possible at the turn of the year

- This autumn, unlike the autumn we remember from previous years, will be rather calm. The risk of another wave will appear only at the turn of the year, predicted health minister Adam Niedzielski during the Wednesday press conference.

Nov. 3, 2022
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Overweight, obesity and hypertension. These are more and more common problems even in the few-year-olds

Overweight and obesity are an increasingly serious problem in Polish children, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mother and Child on a group of over two thousand eight-year-olds in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. The results are particularly worrying, as 5 percent. the...

Nov. 2, 2022
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The entry into force of this act means a drastic limitation of patients' access to health services

Anesthesiologists appeal to the Ministry of Health to withdraw the draft amendment to the act amending the act on the professions of doctor and dentist and some others.

Nov. 2, 2022
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Medexpress message summary - 02/11/2022

"Poland is one of the leaders in implementing the e-health system in Europe," writes the Ministry of Health on Twitter. The number of e-referrals issued in Poland increased by one third during the year. In turn, 97 percent. prescriptions are already issued in electronic form. According to the...

Nov. 2, 2022
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Night and holiday health care clinic in Legionowo

Since November, night and holiday health care has been operating at the Hospital in Legionowo. Launching such services is a great help, also for residents of northern districts of Warsaw.

Nov. 2, 2022
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Polish ophthalmologists for Africa. A Polish ophthalmic hospital is already operating in Tanzania

Polish doctors have already performed the first cataract surgery at the ophthalmic hospital in Kiabakari, Tanzania. About two hundred treatments are already planned.

Oct. 31, 2022
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Urologists from the Medical University of Warsaw conducted a pioneering operation

The first in Poland treatment of kidney stones in an adult using the Avicenna robotic system was carried out at the Urology Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw, the Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital, UCK, Medical University of Warsaw.

Oct. 31, 2022
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The number of e-referrals increased by a third

"Poland is one of the leaders in implementing the e-health system in Europe," writes the Ministry of Health on Twitter. The number of e-referrals issued in Poland increased by one third during the year.

Oct. 31, 2022