76 result(s) for raise in Health & Wellness
Health-Care Workers Block Elizabeth Bridge For Short While
- 2 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
Health-care workers protesting against low wages blocked Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest at 6.30am. The couple of dozen flashmobbers closed the Pest side of the bridge, letting only buses through, an MTI correspondent reported.
Early Career Doctor Salaries To Be Raised In Hungary
- 26 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The wages of doctors in the early stages of their careers will be raised from January next year to come to about 270,000 forints (EUR 870) net a month, the health-care state secretary said. After taking their specialty certification exams, doctors no longer receive a scholarship and this reduces their earnings, Gábor Zombor told public news channel M1. Under a new decree, doctors with a ...
Thousands Take Part In Walk To Raise Awareness On Breast Cancer In Budapest
- 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Thousands of women have taken part in a walk in central Budapest to raise public awareness on breast cancer, which claims the lives of 2500 Hungarians each year.
The walk, led by well-known performers, singers, television presenters and sports personalities, was designed to call attention to the importance of self-awareness and taking part in regular medical checks to filter out the most common ...
Hungarian Health Care Workers Earn 1/10th That Of Their Western Counterparts
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The people need to understand that we are not talking about how much residents or expert doctors make, but whether they will be treated when they go to hospital, says Tamás Dénes, President of the Hungarian Residents Association. Doctors and expert health workers are moving abroad because of low wages and poor working conditions.
Xpat Opinion: Ruminations On Hungarian Health Care System
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The leading left-wing daily calls for privatization or substantial extra public spending in the health care system in order to overcome current underfinancing. A liberal commentator fears that the government’s plans to raise wages will not deter doctors from leaving the country or accepting cash ‘bonuses’ from patients.
Hungary’s Healthcare “On The Brink Of Disaster”
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
According to general practitioner Zoltán Komáromi, Hungary’s healthcare system is on the brink of disaster. Low salaries and poor working conditions are causing doctors to either go abroad or work at private hospitals. More and more patients are choosing private health care over public for procedures that are important revenue generators for the public health care system.
'Mustaches For November', By FirstMed Budapest
- 10 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
If you see more men growing mustaches – funny or ordinary – from now till around the end of the month, it’s probably not a weird coincidence, but another “raise-awareness” movement. We hardly have put our pink breast cancer ribbons away till next October, when the next unifying activity emerges: all men grow mustaches.
Hungarian Baby Born From Dead Mother To Celebrate First Birthday
- 1 Jul 2014 1:00 AM
- health & wellness
The baby who was delivered by Cesarean section by a medical team of the University of Debrecen three months after the mother became brain-dead following a brain hemorrhage, and weighed only 1420 grams (somewhat over three pounds) will soon celebrate its first birthday. Doctors maintained the woman's bodily functions for 92 days, which saved not only the baby's life, but also kept some of the ...
WHO Hungary: World No Tobacco Day 30 May 2014
- 30 May 2014 9:10 AM
- health & wellness
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) was created by the Member States of the World Health Organization in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. Every year, on 31 May, WNTD is celebrated, with a different theme to cover the broad range of measures within the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
Health-Care Workers Block Elizabeth Bridge For Short While
- 2 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
Health-care workers protesting against low wages blocked Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest at 6.30am. The couple of dozen flashmobbers closed the Pest side of the bridge, letting only buses through, an MTI correspondent reported.
Early Career Doctor Salaries To Be Raised In Hungary
- 26 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The wages of doctors in the early stages of their careers will be raised from January next year to come to about 270,000 forints (EUR 870) net a month, the health-care state secretary said. After taking their specialty certification exams, doctors no longer receive a scholarship and this reduces their earnings, Gábor Zombor told public news channel M1. Under a new decree, doctors with a ...
Thousands Take Part In Walk To Raise Awareness On Breast Cancer In Budapest
- 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Thousands of women have taken part in a walk in central Budapest to raise public awareness on breast cancer, which claims the lives of 2500 Hungarians each year.
The walk, led by well-known performers, singers, television presenters and sports personalities, was designed to call attention to the importance of self-awareness and taking part in regular medical checks to filter out the most common ...
Hungarian Health Care Workers Earn 1/10th That Of Their Western Counterparts
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The people need to understand that we are not talking about how much residents or expert doctors make, but whether they will be treated when they go to hospital, says Tamás Dénes, President of the Hungarian Residents Association. Doctors and expert health workers are moving abroad because of low wages and poor working conditions.
Xpat Opinion: Ruminations On Hungarian Health Care System
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The leading left-wing daily calls for privatization or substantial extra public spending in the health care system in order to overcome current underfinancing. A liberal commentator fears that the government’s plans to raise wages will not deter doctors from leaving the country or accepting cash ‘bonuses’ from patients.
Hungary’s Healthcare “On The Brink Of Disaster”
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
According to general practitioner Zoltán Komáromi, Hungary’s healthcare system is on the brink of disaster. Low salaries and poor working conditions are causing doctors to either go abroad or work at private hospitals. More and more patients are choosing private health care over public for procedures that are important revenue generators for the public health care system.
'Mustaches For November', By FirstMed Budapest
- 10 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
If you see more men growing mustaches – funny or ordinary – from now till around the end of the month, it’s probably not a weird coincidence, but another “raise-awareness” movement. We hardly have put our pink breast cancer ribbons away till next October, when the next unifying activity emerges: all men grow mustaches.
Hungarian Baby Born From Dead Mother To Celebrate First Birthday
- 1 Jul 2014 1:00 AM
- health & wellness
The baby who was delivered by Cesarean section by a medical team of the University of Debrecen three months after the mother became brain-dead following a brain hemorrhage, and weighed only 1420 grams (somewhat over three pounds) will soon celebrate its first birthday. Doctors maintained the woman's bodily functions for 92 days, which saved not only the baby's life, but also kept some of the ...
WHO Hungary: World No Tobacco Day 30 May 2014
- 30 May 2014 9:10 AM
- health & wellness
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) was created by the Member States of the World Health Organization in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. Every year, on 31 May, WNTD is celebrated, with a different theme to cover the broad range of measures within the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).