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New COVID-19 vaccines will be available in December. We know the exact date

Starting December 6, the vaccine against COVID-19, which also protects against the XBB (Kraken) variant, will be available free of charge at vaccination centers, both in primary care clinics and pharmacies, reports the Health Ministry. Meanwhile, 1,300 infections were confirmed in Poland on...

Nov. 17, 2023
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Po męsku o profilaktyce. Prezes NFZ zachęca do badań

– Profilaktyka to męska sprawa, dlatego weź na warsztat swoje zdrowie — apeluje Filip Nowak, prezes Narodowego Funduszu Zdrowia i zachęca mężczyzn do korzystania z programu Profilaktyka 40 Plus. W pakiecie badań jest m.in. PSA, pozwalające na wczesne wykrycie raka prostaty.

Nov. 17, 2023
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Vaccination in pharmacies. The National Health Service has updated its announcement on contracting and billing of services

As of November 1, 2023, regulations went into effect allowing the National Health Fund to enter into agreements with operators of public pharmacies and to bill public funds for the performance of recommended immunizations in pharmacies. Applications can be submitted from November 2.

Nov. 17, 2023
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World Prematurity Day

One in ten babies in Europe is premature!

It is estimated that up to one in eight babies in Poland is premature. According to the Central Statistical Office, 306,155 babies were born in 2022, of which 22,510 were premature births, that is, births that occurred before 37 weeks of gestation. Just a dozen years ago, treating newborns born...

Nov. 17, 2023
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The Confederation will again lean on maternity care. We know the composition of the first parliamentary teams

The first parliamentary teams are already being reported. Some of them will lean into health care issues. This includes the Confederation MP-dominated team on perinatal care again.

Nov. 16, 2023
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Mother and Child Institute's 25.5 million zloty debt forgiven

Development and Technology Minister Waldemar Buda has signed an agreement that relieves the Mother and Child Institute in Warsaw of a debt of PLN 25.5 million. The institute is a specialized facility that provides assistance to patients from all over Poland.

Nov. 16, 2023
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CMKP publishes results of second stage of autumn recruitment for specialties

The Education Monitoring System now has ranking lists of doctors and dentists qualified and not qualified to begin specialization (https://www.cmkp.edu.pl/ksztalcenie/postepowania-kwalifikacyjne) in the second stage of the qualification procedure.Important: the deadline for confirming the...

Nov. 16, 2023
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Draft regulations on alcohol treatment. Diagnosticians make comments

The National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians has commented on the draft regulation of the Minister of Health on the operation of treatment entities providing care for alcohol addicts, which has been submitted for public consultation. The purpose of the draft is to define the scope of...

Nov. 15, 2023
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Światowy Dzień POChP

Nierozpoznana lub późno rozpoznana skraca życie chorych o 10-15 lat. Ministerstwo Zdrowia, w Światowym Dniu Przewlekłej Obturacyjnej Choroby Płuc (15.11.) przypomina o objawach, które mogą wskazywać na to groźne schorzenie.

Nov. 15, 2023
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Poland's first procedure to implant an extravascular defibrillator-cardioverter defibrillator

A team of electrophysiologists from the Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the National Institute of Cardiology (NIKard) performed the first implantation of an extravascular cardioverter defibrillator (EV-ICD) in Poland on Tuesday (14.11.). The device was implanted in a 43-year-old patient with...

Nov. 15, 2023
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Disturbing trend. Patients wait up to 100 days in Poland for an MRI to be performed and described.

The queue for a normal MRI scan averages 80 days and is 22 days longer than in October 2021. In addition, patients wait 27 days for a description of the scan. This is one week longer than two years ago. The waiting time for a CT scan with a description has increased slightly. In 2021 it was 51...

Nov. 15, 2023
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Guidelines on abortion procedures - another date change

Once again, this time the deadline for the Team for Developing Guidelines for Medical Entities on Procedures for Termination of Pregnancy to present guidelines on the subject to the Minister of Health has been extended to January 31. Originally it was to be done by September 12, then the deadline...

Nov. 15, 2023
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Turnaround medicine and virtual anatomy. There is a position of the Residents' Agreement on teaching anatomy

The Residents' Agreement, after consulting with experts, has taken a position on the teaching of anatomy.

Nov. 14, 2023
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Roman Topór-Mądry dismissed from post. MZ announces competition for AOTMiT president.

Roman Topor-Mądry has been removed from his position as president of the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tarification. Health Advocates Foundation President Marta Markiewicz was the first to report the news on X (formerly Twitter).On November 13, the Health Ministry announced a call...

Nov. 14, 2023
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Zabiegi medycyny estetycznej jako profilaktyka nowotworów skóry. Najnowsze badania

Stale rośnie zachorowalność na raka skóry. To choroba cywilizacyjna a dominującym czynnikiem ryzyka jest ekspozycja na promieniowanie słoneczne. Istnieje coraz więcej przesłanek, że skuteczną profilaktyką niektórych nowotworów są zabiegi z zakresu medycyny estetycznej z zakresu usuwania...

Nov. 14, 2023
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NIL's 7: Polish patient doesn't feel his data is safe

- The basis for success in health care is trust, and we see this trust in the doctor-patient relationship on a daily basis, or in the patient's relationship with all other health care professionals. And one of the main tasks for the Ministry of Health at the moment is to rebuild this trust,...

Nov. 14, 2023
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Today is World Diabetes Day. The EU commissioner made an important statement

- More than 32 million people in the EU currently suffer from diabetes, or one in ten adults, regardless of their background. Even more alarming is the fact that this number has doubled in the last decade alone, said EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.

Nov. 14, 2023
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Doctors Without Borders: We call for an end to attacks on hospitals

Since Saturday evening, Doctors Without Borders has been unable to contact its staff at Al-Shifa Hospital, located in the Gaza Strip. Other employees of the organization who live in Gaza report that clashes around the hospital have not stopped.

Nov. 13, 2023
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Don't get lost in thought! Move to the doctor!

Stańczyk has disappeared from a Jan Matejko painting. He is making his way through Warsaw to take advantage of preventive examinations. This is how the plot of the spot, which was created as part of the Day at the U campaign organized by the Rak'n'roll Foundation, can be summarized. Famous people...

Nov. 13, 2023
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Przymusowa separacja noworodka od matki z SARS-CoV-2 lub z podejrzeniem zakażenia narusza prawa pacjentów

W czasie trwania stanu epidemii spowodowanej zakażeniami SARS-CoV-2, Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta spotykał się z praktyką stosowaną w niektórych szpitalach polegającą na odgórnym i przymusowym rozdzielaniu matek od ich nowonarodzonych dzieci. Oddzielenie miało miejsce u matek, u których stwierdzono...

Nov. 13, 2023
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There is a new list of drugs without RDTL funding

The Health Ministry has published an announcement on medicinal products not subject to funding under the emergency procedure for access to drug technologies.

Nov. 13, 2023