People Are Turning to Private Health Care in Increasing Numbers Private health care is miles ahead of public care, and Hungarians are choosing the first option in increasing numbers despite... 2023.05.02.
Political Brinksmanship of Militant Doctors’ Union Backfires Spectacularly A law was adopted by the National Assembly on Tuesday by 122 votes in favor, 31 against and no abstentions,... 2023.03.01.
Doctor Arrested for Issuing False Medical Certificates A doctor who for years issued false medical certificates for money has been arrested, the Pest County Police Headquarters stated... 2022.04.29.
Ukrainian Refugee Healthcare Workers May Work in Hungary before Diplomas Validated Although they are obliged to start the procedure for the recognition of their diplomas in Hungary, refugee healthcare workers can... 2022.03.29.
Chamber of Healthcare Professionals: Hungarian Healthcare System Suffering from Shortage The Hungarian health sector is suffering the most from a staff shortage, according to Zoltán Balogh, President of the Hungarian... 2022.01.18.
Medical Chamber: On-call Pay Needs to be Settled to Ensure Safe Patient Care over Christmas Thousands of Hungarian doctors and nurses spend Christmas on-call, away from their families, but they won’t even receive their normal... 2021.12.21.
More GPs Missing from Public Healthcare, Number of Vacant Practices Increases by 20 Percent in a Year The number of vacant GP practices in Hungary increased by 107 last year, leaving 571 practices empty. The number of... 2021.10.12.
DK: Remedy Needed for Lack of Doctors and Nurses in Hungary’s Health System The lack of a sufficient number of doctors and nurses in Hungarian health care needs to be gradually remedied over... 2021.05.25.
MSZP: Consequences of Neglecting Healthcare Can Be Seen Now "It took the coronavirus pandemic for everyone to understand that it is wrong to cut public spending on healthcare and... 2021.04.26.
Separated Bangladeshi Siamese Twins Return Home after Two Years Rabeya and Rokaiya, a pair of Bangladeshi Siamese twins conjoined at the head who were successfully separated by a team... 2021.03.16.
Growing Problems and Pressure in Healthcare After Mass Departures As coronavirus numbers steeply grow, healthcare faces increasing pressure and disruption. Meanwhile, some 4,000 staff members fell out of the... 2021.03.09.
Many Doctors Refuse to Sign New Contract With Gov’t Hungarian physicians have to sign a new contract by the end of this week to be able to continue working... 2021.02.25.
Hungary’s Practice of Tipping Doctors for Treatment Gets Strictly Punished Starting this year, giving and receiving gratuity for medical treatment will be severely punished in Hungary. The aim of the... 2021.01.25.
Coronavirus: Number of Healthcare Worker Deaths Triples in Last Two Weeks In total, 32 healthcare workers have died so far from the coronavirus. To amount to this total, deaths had doubled... 2020.12.10.
Aim of Strict New Measures to Buy Time for Overburdened Healthcare Yesterday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced stricter restrictions than ever before in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus... 2020.11.10.
COVID-19: Chain Bridge Illuminated Again in White to Honor Healthcare Workers Once again, Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge will be illuminated with white lights in the evenings as a show of appreciation... 2020.11.03.
Coronavirus – Orbán: Hungary Could Receive First Vaccine Shipments in Late December Hungary could receive its first shipment of the vaccine against Covid-19 in late December or early January, Prime Minister Viktor... 2020.10.30.
Survey: Vast Majority of Doctors Would Not Sign Gov’t’s Healthcare Contract The Hungarian Medical Chamber recently published its latest study, entitled "The medical community sticks together and does not accept the... 2020.10.28.
Medical Chamber Recommends Amendments to New Healthcare Law, Medical Orgs Fear of Workers Leaving Sector The Hungarian Parliament passed the draft bill on a significant increase in doctors’ salaries and the abolishing of gratitude money earlier... 2020.10.19.
Unions Call on President Áder to Return Law on Health-care Employment to Parliament An association of trade unions of medical university employees called on President János Áder on Friday not to sign a... 2020.10.10.
Union Demands 50% Pay Rise for Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers' union FESZ on Thursday demanded an average 50 percent wage increase for healthcare employees not affected by the... 2020.10.09.
