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In the Eye clinic of L. Pasteur University Hospital in Košice new tomography ophthalmology device worth € 63 000 was put into operation. Hospital received it as a gift from the company Novartis through the Union of Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovakia. New device should accelerate the detection of eye diseases caused by damage of retina and optic nerve as well as the treatment of these diseases.
Childrens' faculty hospital and clinic in Bratislava has a new workplace of Intensive care unit at the Department of pathological newborns. Hospital managed to reconstruct the old one thanks to the money from the sale of surplus assets (€ 371 000), the heritage from USA (€ 77 000) and the gifts (€ 56 000). Moreover, the Archbishop of Bratislava gave the director of hospital check for € 89 400. Archbishop wishes that hospital will use the money for purchasing of medical equipment.
One of the most important employers in Vráble, company FlexMedical Slovakia, is leaving the industrial park of the place. Company will move the production to Romania by mid next year. Company producing the medical supplies has already informed its trading partners about this step. The reason behind is that the Romanian plant has very good results and will help the firm to become more competitive in the region of Eastern Europe. Company has been settled in Slovakia for two years.
According to daily SME from 12/11/2011 three firms that own health insurance companies and could not make a profit from them, are asking the state for over € 900 million. Act, which prohibited health insurance companies to make a profit, was drafted by the Ministry of Health in the past. This year the Constitutional Court ruled that such prohibition was unconstitutional. Parliamentarians therefore authorized the disbursement. Financial group Penta, which controls the health insurance company Dôvera, is asking the state for the highest amount – € 750 million. Shareholders of defunct Európska zdravotná poisťovňa are requiring more than € 30 million and Austrian shareholder of former health insurance company Apollo is asking for more than € 131 million.
Childrens' Faculty Hospital in Košice has seven new pulse oxymetri, which can reveal blood flow disorder by small patients. Doctors may this way accelerate the transfer from department to department and provide patients sooner with acute care. The device helps to detect those situations where it is not quite clear, if the clinical condition of the patient will deteriorate. It can control the oxygen in the body of young patient. The hospital already has similar equipment, but new ones will contribute to help more children.
University Hospital in Košice is currently reconstructing its tissue and cellular equipment. In the renewed area and modernly equipped laboratories a new tissue and cellular transplants will be prepared. Modernizing should offer new possibilities for the treatments of some cancer and diabetes diseases. The costs of reconstruction and equipment were valued according to etrend.sk at more than € 2 million. Hospital has received the funds from the Operational Programme Health. Hospital will need additional funds for the successful launch of the project.
Children̍s' Faculty Hospital in Bratislava is starting the first phase of building of cancer biobank, which will be able to storage the samples of bone marrow and peripheral blood of paediatric haematological malignancies, ergo tumour cells of patients. This procedure has become an indispensable part of modern therapy in paediatric oncology. Anti-Cancer League has contributed € 9 400 for the purchase of deepfreezing box, which can freeze the samples to minus 86 degrees Celsius and long-term store the cells of patients safe and in a good quality. Box capacity is about 5 000 samples.
The Associated tissue bank in University Hospital in Košice started the reconstruction. It will result in the modern laboratories and outpatient part. Work should be completed in May 2012, the costs were calculated to € 1.134 million. Medical and laboratory equipment will cost more than € 1 million. The hospital received money from the EU Operational programme Health.
Several private investors are interested in the regional hospitals in Topoľčany and Levice, namely the companies Agel, Penta and Unifarma. Heads of caucuses established the commission, which should deal with the problem of financing of both health care facilities. The Commision's task is to determine whether it is possible to find an external operator. If this is not, the Commission will have to find out, how to continue with the non-profit organization Hospital and Clinic.
Digital X-rays was this week installed in hospital in Revúca. Sciagraph or digital X-rays allows doctors an immediate examination. Patients do not have to wait for the chemical processing of light-sensitive film, doctor is able to see the footage of injured place immediately in his computer. Hospital used to have similar equipment in its operation in the past, but it was rented through the disadvantageous contract. According to SME daily, the new device was bought by the hospital and after its repayment will remain in its assets.
