636 result(s) for infection
200+ Diagnosed HIV Positive In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2016 5:00 AM
- health & wellness
Each year between 200 and 300 new cases of HIV are diagnosed in Hungary, an Aids charity head said on Thursday. The PLUSS foundation’s János Szlávik told a news conference on the occasion of World Aids Day that from year to year the number of new infections has stagnated. With today’s modern medicines it is possible to ensure symptom relief.
Medical Union Prepares Action Plan To Fight Hospital Infections
- 23 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The trade union of resident doctors and specialists has prepared a five-point action plan to reduce the risk of hospital infections, daily Magyar Hírlap said on Wednesday.
Sanitation Authority Orders Poultry Cull Around Bird Flu Areas
- 21 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian food safety authority Nébih has ordered all poultry in the near vicinity of avian influenza outbreaks in Bugac and Kiskunmajsa, in southeastern Hungary, to be culled. Nébih ordered the cull in a 1km radius around the outbreak sites after discovering the virus in poultry near Kiskunmajsa.
Three Hungarian Counties Dealing With Bird Flu Threat
- 17 Nov 2016 12:35 AM
- current affairs
Seven non-EU-member countries have banned the import of poultry from Hungary following an H5N8 outbreak at a Hungarian turkey farm in Békés at the beginning of the month. So far Canada, Serbia, the Republic of South Africa, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore announced a full or partial ban of Hungarian poultry imports.
Balog: Health-Care Staff Salaries To Double In 2010-2020
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A total 96,000 doctors and nurses have received a pay rise since 2010, and all employees in Hungarian health care will have had their pay doubled by the end of the decade, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told public Kossuth Rádió.
Dead Pigeons In Rural Operating Room
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Operations have been postponed in the Orosháza hospital after the ceiling of an operating room collapsed, revealing a large number of maggots behind it, according to the town’s top Socialist official János Fetser. When the ceiling was checked in a different place, about 100 dead pigeons fell into the room.
World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016, WHO is urging countries to take rapid action to improve knowledge about the disease, and to increase access to testing and treatment services. Today, only 1 in 20 people with viral hepatitis know they have it. And just 1 in 100 with the disease is being treated.
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Xpat Opinion: Inadequate Hygiene In Hungarian Hospitals
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Today I’m venturing into the world of healthcare, specifically hygiene or rather the lack of it in some Hungarian hospitals. A discussion of the high rate of infections contracted in hospitals began when the movement “1001 physicians without gratuity” called attention to the problem. According to the statement of these doctors, the problem has been known for years. But not only is nothing being ...
200+ Diagnosed HIV Positive In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2016 5:00 AM
- health & wellness
Each year between 200 and 300 new cases of HIV are diagnosed in Hungary, an Aids charity head said on Thursday. The PLUSS foundation’s János Szlávik told a news conference on the occasion of World Aids Day that from year to year the number of new infections has stagnated. With today’s modern medicines it is possible to ensure symptom relief.
Medical Union Prepares Action Plan To Fight Hospital Infections
- 23 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The trade union of resident doctors and specialists has prepared a five-point action plan to reduce the risk of hospital infections, daily Magyar Hírlap said on Wednesday.
Sanitation Authority Orders Poultry Cull Around Bird Flu Areas
- 21 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian food safety authority Nébih has ordered all poultry in the near vicinity of avian influenza outbreaks in Bugac and Kiskunmajsa, in southeastern Hungary, to be culled. Nébih ordered the cull in a 1km radius around the outbreak sites after discovering the virus in poultry near Kiskunmajsa.
Three Hungarian Counties Dealing With Bird Flu Threat
- 17 Nov 2016 12:35 AM
- current affairs
Seven non-EU-member countries have banned the import of poultry from Hungary following an H5N8 outbreak at a Hungarian turkey farm in Békés at the beginning of the month. So far Canada, Serbia, the Republic of South Africa, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore announced a full or partial ban of Hungarian poultry imports.
Balog: Health-Care Staff Salaries To Double In 2010-2020
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A total 96,000 doctors and nurses have received a pay rise since 2010, and all employees in Hungarian health care will have had their pay doubled by the end of the decade, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told public Kossuth Rádió.
Dead Pigeons In Rural Operating Room
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Operations have been postponed in the Orosháza hospital after the ceiling of an operating room collapsed, revealing a large number of maggots behind it, according to the town’s top Socialist official János Fetser. When the ceiling was checked in a different place, about 100 dead pigeons fell into the room.
World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016
- 27 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day, 28 July 2016, WHO is urging countries to take rapid action to improve knowledge about the disease, and to increase access to testing and treatment services. Today, only 1 in 20 people with viral hepatitis know they have it. And just 1 in 100 with the disease is being treated.
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Xpat Opinion: Inadequate Hygiene In Hungarian Hospitals
- 11 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Today I’m venturing into the world of healthcare, specifically hygiene or rather the lack of it in some Hungarian hospitals. A discussion of the high rate of infections contracted in hospitals began when the movement “1001 physicians without gratuity” called attention to the problem. According to the statement of these doctors, the problem has been known for years. But not only is nothing being ...


















