Govt to Provide Funding to Shorten Waiting Times in Health Care The government will provide a subsidy of 12.2 billion forints (EUR 34.2m) to hospitals to reduce waiting times for operations... 2021.09.25.
Gratuity for Services: Two Doctors Taken Away in Handcuffs Hungarian police are investigating two doctors and one of their assistants at a Budapest hospital for accepting gratuity for services... 2021.09.14.
Focus on Fidesz’s Accountability, ‘Unjust’ Taxation, Healthcare, and Education at Opposition PM-Candidates’ First Debate The first debate between the opposition parties' prime-ministerial candidates was held Sunday night. Besides only one minor verbal clash, the... 2021.09.13.
DK MEP Calls for Independent Health-Care Ministry Klára Dobrev, an MEP of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) party, pledged wage and staff increases in health care and... 2021.09.11.
Gov’t to Fund Manufacturing of Coronavirus Pharmaceuticals The Hungarian government is subsidizing an expansion of pharmaceutical company Pannonpharma's plant in Pécsvárad, southern Hungary, designed to manufacture drugs... 2021.09.10.
Tens of Thousands Await Surgeries in Hungary Before Start of 4th Covid Wave The number of people awaiting surgery in Hungary has increased by nine thousand since the end of the third Covid... 2021.09.08.
DK Calls on Gov’t to Pay Off Hospitals’ Debt The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the government to consolidate the debt portfolio of hospitals with immediate effect.... 2021.09.02.
Healthcare Workers Stage Protest Against Govt’s New Employment Contracts Health-care employees on Saturday staged a demonstration in Budapest to protest for restauration of their public employee status and a... 2021.07.31.
Hungary Health Industry Support Scheme to Save 5,700 Jobs, Finance Minister Says The Hungarian government's health industry support scheme will help generate some 86 billion forints' (EUR 240.3m) worth of investments in... 2021.07.10.
Socialists: Many Health Workers Earning Less in New Employee Status Many health workers have suffered a decrease in salary as a result of the introduction of new employee status, with... 2021.06.21.
Demonstration on Agenda as Healthcare Professionals’ Discontent Grows In addition to potential departures, a demonstration may soon take place due to growing discontent among healthcare professionals, chamber MESZK... 2021.06.21.
DK: ‘Thousands’ of Health-Care Workers Planning to Quit Thousands of health-care employees are planning to quit their jobs due to recent amendments to their contracts, the opposition Democratic... 2021.06.19.
PM Orbán: All Social Groups in Hungary Withstood Crisis Most people in Hungary have withstood the economic crisis linked to the pandemic, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a business... 2021.06.09.
Lots of Children Suffer from Long COVID – Interview with Chief Physician Péter Krivácsy Semmelweis University's First Department of Paediatrics opened a new outpatient clinic for treating children suffering from long COVID at the... 2021.05.23.
Healthcare Workers Refusing to Sign New Contract Turn to Constitutional Court Doctors and nurses who refused to sign new contracts in March will turn to the Constitutional Court (AB). They say... 2021.05.21.
Ministry Denies Opposition Charges of Planned Hospital Closures The government will "not close any hospitals", the human resources ministry said on Saturday in the wake of opposition allegations.... 2021.05.16.
Elective Surgeries Resume, Waiting Lists Unlikely to Soon Diminish Although officially Hungarian hospitals are resuming elective surgeries and rehabilitation services from this Thursday, due to the workload, altered circumstances,... 2021.05.12.
Coronavirus: Hungary Hospitals to Resume Elective Surgeries Hospitals in Hungary will resume elective surgeries and rehabilitation services next Thursday, after putting them on hold due to the... 2021.05.09.
Socialists Call for Restoring Public Employee Status of Health Workers The opposition Socialists on Friday called for restoring the public employee status of health-care workers. Citing press reports, Socialist MP... 2021.05.08.
Opposition MEPs Nominate Hungary Healthcare Workers for European Citizens’ Prize MEPs of the Hungarian opposition parties will nominate the Hungarian Chamber of Doctors, and "by extension every Hungarian healthcare worker",... 2021.04.30.
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.
