Hospitals in Žilina region are facing collapse

Four hospitals in Žilina self-governmental region ended in last year, despite austerity measures, with € 2.2 million loss. From April 2012 they are endangered by a collapse, because Government did not relief their debts and because of the lack of financial resources for the increasing of salaries of doctors and nurses. Hospitals will only have resources for the gross wages and payments for employees and will get more and more indebted. According to the chairman of Žilina self-governmental region the situation is serious and region will have to proceed to radical measures and rationalization.