News tagged with: healthcare workers

Hungary to Use EU Recovery Plan for Doctor’s Wage Increases

Hungary is planning to spend 300 billion forints (831 million EUR) of the European Union Recovery Plan on increasing the...

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Hungary’s Ventilator Death Rate ‘Only’ Around 80 Percent, Healthcare Center Says

The National Healthcare Service Center (OKF) has responded to a statement made by the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) saying that...

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Medical Chamber Continues to Urge Media Access in Hungarian Hospitals

The Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) shared a statement on Tuesday speaking in length about why it would be important for...

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Media Request for Access to Hungary’s Hospitals Rejected by Gov’t

The Orbán government has chosen to reject the requests made by dozens of media outlets to allow independent journalists into...

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Opposition Coronavirus Fact-finding Cttee: Healthcare Suffers from Staff Shortage

A parliamentary fact-finding committee set up by the opposition heard health experts about the coronavirus situation in Hungary at an...

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What’s Happening in Hungary’s Hospitals? Lack of On-site Reports Lead to Public Apathy

Hungary's hospitals are struggling under the pandemic, but their difficulties cannot be shared with the public. The government has ensured...

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Hungary’s Healthcare Workers Share Their Traumatic Experiences

It is now clear that healthcare workers around Hungary are struggling to manage the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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Medical Chamber: Situation is Dire, Further Restrictions Needed

Hungary’s healthcare system has been strained for the past weeks and numbers continue to grow. The presidency of the Hungarian Medical...

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Hungary’s Healthcare Exceeds Estimated Ventilator Capacity, Projected to Get Worse

Hungary's healthcare system is strained further and further everyday, and has exceeded its previously estimated ventilator capacity. Healthcare workers are...

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Hungary’s Healthcare Close to Capacity of Effective Ventilator Treatment

Hungary's healthcare system is overburdened and understaffed. The nationwide total capacity of effective ventilator care is being reached, and some...

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Coronavirus – DK: Health Personnel Without New Contract Should be Allowed to Work

The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to allow health-care personnel who have not signed a new...

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Surge in Covid Cases Begins to Overwhelm Hungary’s Healthcare System

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is now putting significantly more pressure on Hungary’s healthcare system than ever before....

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DK Slams Gov’t for Health-care Changes ‘Threatening Lives of Tens of Thousands’

Opposition Democratic Coalition on Thursday slammed the government for introducing changes in health care that they said "threaten the lives...

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DK Calls for Amending Law on Legal Status of Health Workers

The leftist Democratic Coalition on Wednesday proposed that the opposition parties resubmit an amendment proposal to the law on the...

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Hungary’s Opposition Parties Demand Repeal of New Healthcare Bill

Hungary's opposition parties have spoken out against the government's most recent, mandatory contract for all those working in Hungary's healthcare...

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Many Healthcare Workers Refuse to Sign New Contract, Leave Public Healthcare

Hungarian healthcare workers had to sign a new contract by March 1st in order to be able to continue working...

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Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, PTSD, and Covid – Interview with Psychotherapist András Spányik

We sat down with psychotherapist and occupational health expert Dr. András Spányik to discuss the effects of the pandemic on...

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Unions Appeal Against Law on Health Staff Status

An alliance of trade unions in the health sector has appealed to the ombudsman and to international organisations over passages...

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Coronavirus: 80 % of Registered Health-care Workers Inoculated

Fully 80 percent of the health-care workers who had registered for the coronavirus vaccine have already received their first jabs,...

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Chief Medical Officer: New Vaccine Shipment for Another 39,000 People

Hungary is scheduled to receive a new shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine next Tuesday that will be sufficient to...

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Coronavirus: Testing of Regional Public Servants Begins on Monday

Targeted group coronavirus testing will be extended to regional civil servants from Monday, based on experiences gained during the testing...

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