The Minister of Health admits that he "looks at pediatrics" and announces changes in financing. These changes include the restoration of the lump sums withdrawn a year ago, which is to help institutions providing basic pediatric services and the creation of mechanisms securing additional financing of highly specialized services.
On Friday, the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, and the President of the National Health Fund, Filip Nowak, visited the Children's University Hospital in Kraków-Prokocim, and right there - in a facility where last year's dissatisfaction of doctors turned into months-long conflict with the management, which nearly paralyzed the facility and did not threaten patients with evacuation - they announced that another change in funding is needed in the pediatric segment.
In 2021, lump sum financing was discontinued, despite the fact...
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