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The number of organ transplants is declining

During the two years of the pandemic in Poland, the number of organ transplants decreased, as the number of reported donors decreased. In 2021, 1,274 organs taken from deceased donors were transplanted in Poland, while in 2019 a total of 1,536 transplants were performed.

March 9, 2022
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Not only the war with the occupant. Katia's story

Katia was on her way to the hospital for an urgent surgery on her 17-year-old daughter Alinka, who is suffering from bone cancer, when Russia invaded Ukraine. A doctor from the Kiev National Institute of Oncology called them and advised them to return home for their own safety. Soon it was clear...

March 8, 2022
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Promising results from a preclinical study for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

A preclinical study in mice suggests that blocking a major inflammatory pathway that is activated in pancreatic cancer makes tumors vulnerable to chemotherapy and a type of immunotherapy that stimulates the immune system's T cells to attack the cancer cells. The therapy more than doubled survival...

March 8, 2022
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We declare our full readiness to help the citizens of Ukraine

In view of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the influx of refugees, we need to find systemic solutions as soon as possible to legally and efficiently provide these people with medical care. An essential element is ensuring access to drugs. As an industry, we declare the willingness to...

March 8, 2022
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MZ: We are in a very difficult situation, this is a test for the entire European Union

The number of refugees flowing in is increasing every day. We are at the forefront of this aid, but we want to feel that there is a reliable partner behind us who will help us - said Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski after the meeting with the EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides. The...

March 8, 2022
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Польські фармацевти підтримують українців - проблем з відпуском ліків не буде

Військові біженці з України, які потребують доступу до ліків за рецептом, можуть розраховувато. Фармацевти знижують ціни на ліки, а деякі оплачують їх самі.

March 7, 2022
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Senate: Joint meeting of 4 teams - broadcast

Meeting of joint teams: Parliamentary for Children, Transplantation and Senate - Health of Poles on "Pre-exposure prophylaxis of Evusheld for patients who have not developed an immune response to the covid-19 vaccine" and "Primary Healthcare and Night and Christmas Healthcare - current problems...

March 7, 2022
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GPs: Don't Forget about Covid! It did not disappear, it was only obscured by the war in Ukraine

The pandemic continues, people die every day. Every day, from 12 to 15 thousand new cases of coronavirus infection in Poland. Every day, from 100 to almost 300 people die from COVID-19. Of the 23,000 available beds, about 11,000 are occupied due to COVID-19, and 600–700 patients require...

March 7, 2022
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Report: 15% fewer infections than last Sunday

The Ministry of Health announced: We have 7,697 (including 805 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Masovian (1483), Greater Poland (1117), Kujawsko-Pomorskie (646), Zachodniopomorskie (601), Lower Silesia (579), Silesian (484), Pomorskie (454), of Małopolska...

March 6, 2022
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Daily report: 12,737 infections, nearly 200 deaths

The health department announced on Saturday: We have 12,737 (including 1,314 re-infections) confirmed cases of coronavirus infection from provinces: Mazowiecki (2007), Greater Poland (1761), Kuyavian-Pomeranian (1209), Zachodniopomorskie (981), Lower Silesia (947), Lubuskie (797), Silesian (735),...

March 5, 2022
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Hematooncology - Polish patients with almost no access to targeted therapies in the first-line treatment

Polish patients with hematopoietic system neoplasms practically do not have access to targeted therapies in the first-line treatment - indicate the authors of the report entitled "Hematooncology through the eyes of a patient, caregiver and clinician, i.e. a comprehensive diagnosis of areas...

March 4, 2022
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An appeal to abandon individual drug collections for the fighting Ukraine

The Ministry of Health, the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector and the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products are calling for the resignation of individual drug collections for the fighting Ukraine, in favor of organized or coordinated actions as part of...

March 4, 2022
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Інформація для біженців з України

March 3, 2022
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Fight for oncological patients from Chernihiv

In the oncology ward of the Chernihiv Children's Hospital, little patients are battling cancer while their city is surrounded by Russian armed forces. The sick are running out of painkillers and their food supplies are running out.

March 3, 2022
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How Can I Deal With Anxiety? How to talk to children about the war?

The guest of Medexpress is Ewa Woydyłło-Osiatyńska, doctor of psychology, addiction therapist. We are talking about how to deal with the emotions that are evoked in us by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

March 2, 2022
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Family doctors: We need to be sure that refugees from Ukraine are fully entitled to health services

According to the announcement by the president of the National Health Fund, the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Alliance declare that they will undertake the provision of medical services to Ukrainian citizens. - However, we must be sure that our neighbors from Ukraine, who find themselves...

March 2, 2022
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Medical forms were created in Ukrainian

Medics, as well as students of medical faculties from Poland and Ukraine, developed the Ukrainian version of medical interview forms. Ready documents to be filled in can be downloaded from the website of the Polish Society of Family Medicine.

March 1, 2022
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March reimbursement list: patients thank you, but also ask questions

The reimbursement of each innovative drug for patients is a hope of defeating cancer, extending life and its better quality. There are as many as 8 such drugs on the March list!

March 1, 2022
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A breakthrough we still can't benefit from

We talk to prof. Sebastian Giebel, hematologist, head of the Clinic of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Oncohematology of the National Oncology Institute Maria Skłodowskiej-Curie, Branch in Gliwice, president of the Association of the Polish Group for the Treatment of Adult Leukemia PALG.

Feb. 28, 2022
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ZUS will provide 1,400 beds for Ukrainians

President of the Social Insurance Institution, prof. Gertruda Uścińska informed that accommodation facilities are being prepared for war refugees from Ukraine.

Feb. 28, 2022
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Polish pharmacists support Ukrainians - there will be no problem with dispensing drugs

War refugees from Ukraine who need access to prescription drugs can count on the help of Polish pharmacists. Pharmacists lower the prices of drugs, and some pay for them themselves.

Feb. 28, 2022