209 result(s) for health care workers
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 ...
Hungarian Prosecutor Proposes Changing Law On Health-Care Gratuity Payments
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The public prosecutor has proposed changing the law in connection with gratuity payments in the health-care sector. The junior doctors’ association asked for the changes because the legal definition of “passive bribery” raised in connection with doctors accepting gratuity payments is unclear, spokesman for the prosecutor, Géza Fazekas, said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that current situation ...
Outflow Of Hungarian Health Workers Lessens
- 13 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of health workers planning to move and work abroad has declined in the first quarter compared with the first three months of last year, Magyar Nemzet daily reported. Quoting the health authority’s authorisation office (EEKH), the paper said that by the end of March this year 477 people working in the health-care sector had requested an official work certificate as against 495 people in ...
WHO’s First Global Report On Antibiotic Resistance Reveals Serious, Worldwide Threat To Public Health
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A new report by WHO–its first to look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, globally–reveals that this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country. Antibiotic resistance–when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need ...
Fewer Hungarian Doctors, More Nurses, Dentists Seek Work Abroad
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of Hungarian doctors leaving Hungary to work abroad has dropped; whereas the number of nurses, pharmacists and dentists with similar plans has risen, daily Magyar Hírlap said reports. Last year, a total of 1,950 health sector workers applied for certificates to work abroad, 111 fewer than in 2012, said the paper, citing figures by the health-care public administration office that ...
Number Of Doctors Working After Retirement Down In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of doctors still working after retirement dropped by 37% in the third quarter of last year compared to the same period of 2012, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Monday, citing a report by the Pharmaceuticals and Health Care Quality Control Institute (GYEMSZI).
Balaton: Hungarian Hospitals Driven To The Brink Of Bankruptcy
- 11 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Association of Hungarian Hospitals and Clinics was founded in 2009 to ensure that public health facilities operated by local and county governments at the time were properly funded both on a local as well as a state level, and to advocate for health care reform. Dr. Peter Balaton is its general secretary.
Health-Care Staff Shortage In Hungary Poses Risks
- 10 Dec 2013 2:00 AM
- health & wellness
The shortage of employees in Hungary’s health-care sector will pose a serious risk in the near future, according to a human resources report cited by Tuesday’s business daily Világgazdaság. An EU directive on reducing overwork in the sector has led to more demand in labour, which has a drain effect in the direction of old member states from new ones.
The ’Helping Hand’ Programme Is Popular In Hungary
- 9 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The needs assessment phase of the national pilot program is completed, currently the assessment and aggregation of nearly 25 000 questionnaires is in progress. ’More and more local governments are ready to connect to the pilot program to assist the elderly’ said Dr. Jeneiné Rubovszky Csilla, the ministerial commissioner for elderly affairs on the press conference held in the Senior living club of ...
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 ...
Hungarian Prosecutor Proposes Changing Law On Health-Care Gratuity Payments
- 28 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The public prosecutor has proposed changing the law in connection with gratuity payments in the health-care sector. The junior doctors’ association asked for the changes because the legal definition of “passive bribery” raised in connection with doctors accepting gratuity payments is unclear, spokesman for the prosecutor, Géza Fazekas, said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that current situation ...
Outflow Of Hungarian Health Workers Lessens
- 13 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of health workers planning to move and work abroad has declined in the first quarter compared with the first three months of last year, Magyar Nemzet daily reported. Quoting the health authority’s authorisation office (EEKH), the paper said that by the end of March this year 477 people working in the health-care sector had requested an official work certificate as against 495 people in ...
WHO’s First Global Report On Antibiotic Resistance Reveals Serious, Worldwide Threat To Public Health
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A new report by WHO–its first to look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, globally–reveals that this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country. Antibiotic resistance–when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need ...
Fewer Hungarian Doctors, More Nurses, Dentists Seek Work Abroad
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of Hungarian doctors leaving Hungary to work abroad has dropped; whereas the number of nurses, pharmacists and dentists with similar plans has risen, daily Magyar Hírlap said reports. Last year, a total of 1,950 health sector workers applied for certificates to work abroad, 111 fewer than in 2012, said the paper, citing figures by the health-care public administration office that ...
Number Of Doctors Working After Retirement Down In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The number of doctors still working after retirement dropped by 37% in the third quarter of last year compared to the same period of 2012, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Monday, citing a report by the Pharmaceuticals and Health Care Quality Control Institute (GYEMSZI).
Balaton: Hungarian Hospitals Driven To The Brink Of Bankruptcy
- 11 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Association of Hungarian Hospitals and Clinics was founded in 2009 to ensure that public health facilities operated by local and county governments at the time were properly funded both on a local as well as a state level, and to advocate for health care reform. Dr. Peter Balaton is its general secretary.
Health-Care Staff Shortage In Hungary Poses Risks
- 10 Dec 2013 2:00 AM
- health & wellness
The shortage of employees in Hungary’s health-care sector will pose a serious risk in the near future, according to a human resources report cited by Tuesday’s business daily Világgazdaság. An EU directive on reducing overwork in the sector has led to more demand in labour, which has a drain effect in the direction of old member states from new ones.
The ’Helping Hand’ Programme Is Popular In Hungary
- 9 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The needs assessment phase of the national pilot program is completed, currently the assessment and aggregation of nearly 25 000 questionnaires is in progress. ’More and more local governments are ready to connect to the pilot program to assist the elderly’ said Dr. Jeneiné Rubovszky Csilla, the ministerial commissioner for elderly affairs on the press conference held in the Senior living club of ...