Coronavirus: More Soldiers Assigned to Help out at Hospitals The Hungarian Armed Forces is assigning more soldiers to help out staff at Hungary's hospitals during the prolonged national vaccination... 2021.11.30.
Hospitals Ordered to Report Data Differently on Patients Needing Respiratory Care Since last Friday, the number of patients on ventilators has fallen significantly, at least at first glance. Unfortunately, however, the... 2021.11.30.
Katalin Karikó Wins New York Academy of Medicine Award The 2021 New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) Annual Awards is dedicated to Innovators in Health. The winners include the... 2021.11.10.
Epidemiologist Forecasts 150-180 Daily Covid Deaths for End of November The pandemic has embarked on a new, faster growth trajectory, Gábor Vattay, epidemiologist and head of the Department of Physics... 2021.11.03.
Compulsory Vaccination in Public Sphere May Lead to Further Staff Shortages Despite the Prime Minister's earlier promises, the government made a U-turn and recently provided employers with the right to make... 2021.11.02.
Hungarian Armed Forces Again Assist in the Fight Against Coronavirus The Hungarian Armed Forces will once again contribute to the fight against the coronavirus, with around 300 soldiers helping with... 2021.11.02.
Hungarian Family Doctors to Receive Some 800,000 Antigen Tests Hungarian general practitioners will be given close to 800,000 rapid antigen tests to test suspected coronavirus patients, the government website... 2021.10.16.
2-3,000 Healthcare Workers Refusing to be Vaccinated Face Termination As the deadline has expired for healthcare workers to receive the obligatory coronavirus vaccination, some 2-3,000 of them will face... 2021.10.04.
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.
