• Billions of Forints for Repairs on Hospitals’ Air Conditioning in Hungary

    Billions of Forints for Repairs on Hospitals’ Air Conditioning in Hungary

    • 23 Jul 2024 8:04 AM

    The government is using a total 1.3 billion forints (EUR 3.3m) to finance repairs on hospitals’ air conditioning systems, the state secretary in charge of health services said. Péter Takács told public media that in the recent heat wave four hospitals, out of a total 81, had to reschedule operations.

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  • New 'Best Beaches' at Balaton Announced

    New 'Best Beaches' at Balaton Announced

    • 15 Jul 2024 11:23 AM

    A total of twenty-eight beaches around Lake Balaton have received the five-star Blue Wave Flag award this year, with Diási Játék Beach in Gyenesdiás named the Best Beach on Lake Balaton for 2024.

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  • Drug-Laced Gummy Bears Knock Out Foreigners in Hungary

    Drug-Laced Gummy Bears Knock Out Foreigners in Hungary

    • 11 Jul 2024 11:39 AM

    A total of 31 foreign citizens were taken to a toxicology centre in Budapest after eating sweets containing a substance called THCJD. A relative of one of them contacted Blikk, who shared their shocking experiences anonymously. For now, it seems their loved ones will not suffer permanent harm, but nothing is certain yet.

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  • Amazing Hungarian Innovations: Albert Szent-Györgyi’s Discovery of Vitamin C

    Amazing Hungarian Innovations: Albert Szent-Györgyi’s Discovery of Vitamin C

    • 5 Jul 2024 10:42 AM

    This pivotal moment in medical science, is closely linked to the work of Albert Szent-Györgyi, a Hungarian physiologist whose research has had a lasting impact on our understanding of human health and nutrition. His groundbreaking work in the 1930s led to the identification of ascorbic acid, commonly known as Vitamin C, and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937.

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