Government declared emergency state in 15 hospitals

The Government on its special meeting on Monday approved the declaration of emergency. It should involve the obligation to work to ensure the performance of health care and prohibition of the right to strike for certain employees. Emergency will, however, not cover whole territory of Slovakia, but only 15 health care providers – university hospitals in Bratislava and Košice, faculty hospitals in Trnava, Trenčín, Žilina, Prešov and Banská Bystrica, concerned will also be childrens̍ hospitals in Bratislava and Košice and hospital and clinic in Prievidza, Trstená, Dolný Kubín, Čadca and Liptovský Mikuláš. Emergency will be declared from Tuesday, November the 29^th.