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Medical Trade Union claims that if the public procurements in hospitals were effective, there could be € 36 million saved per year. Association of Faculty Hospitals protest against this statement and call on Medical Trade Union to immediately stop slandering the directors of university and faculty hospitals. President of the Association pointed out that hospitals act in accordance with the legislation even in the situations when some of them spent 100% of their incomes from health insurance companies just for salaries.
Association of Hospitals in Slovakia does not agree with the statement of Medical Trade Union that resources for increasing of salaries of doctors can be found in the better management of hospitals. Association claims that hospitals are currently giving more than 80% of their incomes from health insurance companies to salaries and they do not have any possibility or space for efficient management of their institutions. Association also claims that Trade Union has not submitted any principal proposals of system solution for stabilization and development of the healthcare system.
Regional hospitals are not going to fight against the act adjusting the wages of doctors in hospitals. As was clarified by the President of the Association of Hospitals in Slovakia, Marián Petko, hospitals will consider the submission to the General Prosecutor in the matter of this legal standard on the base of information from Ministry of Health, health insurance companies and critical will be also the shape of state budget for the next year. He pointed out, however, that part of members is inclined to the submission, other part is contrary careful. He admitted the concerns of possible strike.
Hard fight for the chairs in management of hospitals had not taken place. Ministry of Health has definitely determined the bosses in its six other institutions. The selection procedure, however, was more a formality. Almost nobody has expressed the interest in these positions, expect the substituting directors. Function was thus easily given to those, who Minister of Health Zuzana Zvolenská appointed shortly after her accession.
Policyholders of private health insurance company Dôvera can newly be informed on the approval of planed operation in hospital via message. First they get a message informing them whether hospital announced the operation to insurance company or not, what usually takes 48 hours. Second message will be sent in the case of approval of hospitalization and afterwards they will wait for the date of accession set by hospital. Policyholders may also choose to get this information via e-mail or by message in electronic branch.
Healthcare institutions owed to the Social Insurance Company the unpaid premium by the end of June in amount of € 38.5 million. Compared to last year the debt increased by more than € 19.6 million. Receivables against state healthcare institutions reached € 19.6 million what is a half of the volume of receivable against all monitored institutions. Debts against transformed healthcare institutions by the end of June were in amount of € 18.8 million.
Self-governmental regions criticize the intention according to which 37 state healthcare institutions should have guaranteed contracts with health insurance companies. This chosen group thus will be sure to get contracts from insurance companies and therefore also a guaranteed incomes. Regions are asking for involving of their regional hospitals into the terminal network of hospitals. Trenčín region has already submitted this requirement in the frame of commenting proceeding. Ministry of Health, however, did not accept it.
Health insurance company Dôvera wants to clarify the many-months waiting for some complicated medical procedures. It has launched the internet application www.dovera.sk/cakacie-listiny, where patients may find out how long it is needed to wait for example for total knee or hip replacement, intraocular lens implantation or the reconstructive surgery on the peripheral arteries. Medical procedures can be sorted by hospitals and it is possible to see how long it is necessary to wait for them in average or how many patients are registered in the waiting list.
Minister of Health Zuzana Zvolenská believes that state must set the network of strategic healthcare institutions so it could be able to ensure the health care in the case of emergencies. She also refused that creating of terminal network of hospitals could cause the deformation of the market. She pointed out that institutions in the network are excellent and irreplaceable in their regions or they are eventually supra-regional specialized workplaces.
University hospital in Bratislava last week opened in Ružinov the renovated area of central reception. Hospital invested € 362 000 into the renovation. Repairing of central reception was necessary by hygienic-operational, safety and logistic reasons. Several parts and areas were significantly used up and damaged. Department reportedly long-termly did not meet the requirements of the hospital and patients.
