BRATISLAVA, November 29, (WEBNOVINY) — Based on information provided by hospital directors by Tuesday, November 29, 2 p.m. local time, the Health Ministry registers 800 withdrawn notices by doctors from the overall number of originally filed 2,400, the ministry informed SITA. “I want to thank all doctors who have withdrawn their notices. It is still true that every doctor will have a salary increased by an average of EUR 300 next year and in line with the memorandum that the prime minister signed, the director may not touch any additional pay,” said Health Minister Ivan Uhliarik (KDH). The notice period of the remaining doctors expires tomorrow.
The highest number of doctors who withdrew notices are in the L. Pasteur University Hospital in Kosice. A total of 210 notices have been withdrawn, leaving 28 in effect. Thus, doctors in the hospital will not be ordered to come to work based on the declared regional state of emergency.
The Health Ministry is in touch with Health Ministries of Slovakia’s neighbors on provision of assistance in the form of doctors, or help in hospitals close to the borders. The priority is, however, the return of Slovak doctors to hospitals, help from abroad would be only a temporary measure. “I don’t want our doctors to stay at home unemployed; I believe we will reach a consensus and they will take their notices back,” Uhliarik said. Austria has offered Slovakia treatment for patients from Slovakia in Austria, while the Czech Republic is offering doctors to come to Slovakia.
SITA