179 result(s) for nurses
Xpat Opinion: Health Service Pay Rise Offers Rejected
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
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 ...
Official: Health Care Needs To Shed Beds Used For Social Care
- 9 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Clear divisions are needed between hospital beds operated with health care and social needs, Health State Secretary Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs told commercial TV2. The health-care services plan to reallocate 10,000 beds within the next year and a half to the social services in order to keep these two areas separate.
Health Official Acknowledges Family Doctor Crisis
- 3 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Human Resources Ministry undersecretary for health policy Attila Beneda admitted yesterday that there is a crisis in the sector, as there are not enough family doctors to fill vacant posts, with the shortage most acute in northern Hungary.
Hungarian Govt Aims To Reach Agreement With Teachers
- 16 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will support talks now under way with teachers and “aim to reach an agreement”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in parliament, in reference to teachers’ demonstrations over the weekend. “Hungarians generally trust teachers, which is why we trust them with our most precious possessions, our children, too”, he said.
Gyurcsány's DK Supports Hungarian Doctors’ Protest For Higher Wages
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Democratic Coalition (DK) party has voiced support for a group of doctors on Facebook who are demanding higher salaries. Doctors' and nurses' net salaries are below the national average — contrary to statements from the government, it said, adding that a total 5,800 doctors had emigrated during the past five years, compared with 8,080 currently employed in Hungary's public hospitals.
Hungarian Govt Earmarks HUF 480M For Cervical Cancer Screening In 2016
- 6 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has allocated 480 million forints (EUR 1.5m) for continuing a programme to screen Hungarian women for cervical cancer this year, according to a decree published in the government gazette Magyar Közlöny. The number of new cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Hungary each year is about 1,000-1,200 and the number of related deaths is around 500, data published by the Mályvavirág ...
Emigrating Burses From Hungary On Rise
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
An increasing number of nurses are emigrating from Hungary, primarily for Germany and Austria, Világgazdaság reports. Sweden and Norway, which are short of 6,000 nurses, are hoping to attract experienced nurses with offers of free language courses, return flights to Hungary, and monthly salaries of up to Ft 1.2 million.
Xpat Opinion: Health Service Pay Rise Offers Rejected
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
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 ...
Official: Health Care Needs To Shed Beds Used For Social Care
- 9 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Clear divisions are needed between hospital beds operated with health care and social needs, Health State Secretary Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs told commercial TV2. The health-care services plan to reallocate 10,000 beds within the next year and a half to the social services in order to keep these two areas separate.
Health Official Acknowledges Family Doctor Crisis
- 3 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Human Resources Ministry undersecretary for health policy Attila Beneda admitted yesterday that there is a crisis in the sector, as there are not enough family doctors to fill vacant posts, with the shortage most acute in northern Hungary.
Hungarian Govt Aims To Reach Agreement With Teachers
- 16 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will support talks now under way with teachers and “aim to reach an agreement”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in parliament, in reference to teachers’ demonstrations over the weekend. “Hungarians generally trust teachers, which is why we trust them with our most precious possessions, our children, too”, he said.
Gyurcsány's DK Supports Hungarian Doctors’ Protest For Higher Wages
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Democratic Coalition (DK) party has voiced support for a group of doctors on Facebook who are demanding higher salaries. Doctors' and nurses' net salaries are below the national average — contrary to statements from the government, it said, adding that a total 5,800 doctors had emigrated during the past five years, compared with 8,080 currently employed in Hungary's public hospitals.
Hungarian Govt Earmarks HUF 480M For Cervical Cancer Screening In 2016
- 6 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has allocated 480 million forints (EUR 1.5m) for continuing a programme to screen Hungarian women for cervical cancer this year, according to a decree published in the government gazette Magyar Közlöny. The number of new cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Hungary each year is about 1,000-1,200 and the number of related deaths is around 500, data published by the Mályvavirág ...
Emigrating Burses From Hungary On Rise
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
An increasing number of nurses are emigrating from Hungary, primarily for Germany and Austria, Világgazdaság reports. Sweden and Norway, which are short of 6,000 nurses, are hoping to attract experienced nurses with offers of free language courses, return flights to Hungary, and monthly salaries of up to Ft 1.2 million.