Tag: fees

Medical trade unions by the University hospital in Bratislava are launching the petition against the charging for parking places in front of the hospitals in Petržalka and Ružinov. They will also collect the signatures against the renting a space in hospital Kramáre to private company Dr. Magnet that provides the magnetic resonance there.

New decree of Ministry of Health will shift more pharmaceuticals to the category of supporting pharmaceuticals. This means that they will not be covered by insurance companies. About hundred of pharmaceuticals will be more expensive from April. New decree allows the shifting of 130 medicaments and 92 specific pharmaceuticals into the category of supporting, what means that patients will have to fully pay for them by themselves. Insurance companies will allegedly annually save on these pharmaceuticals more than € 16 million.

In recent months several hospitals increased the fees, or introduced new ones. Women in childbed will pay the most for the hospital services, in some cases it could be even several hundreds of euros. For example University hospital in Bratislava, according to the new pricelist, increased the fee not only for selection of the obstetrician, but also for the father's presence at the birth. According to the spokeswoman of hospital the revaluation is based on the market research of other providers.