Health reform a hot issue

THE SLOVAK Medical Chamber (SLK) called on the government to withdraw six bills on health reform whose second reading in parliament is due this fall, the state-run news agency TASR reported.

The SLK would like to see a public discussion on the issue, and is supported by another 13 health organisations, SLK Chairman Milan Dragula said on August 24.

According to the critics, the health reform prepared by Health Minister Rudolf Zajac favours the interests of "new privatisers" rather than the interests of patients.

The SLK also objects to the proposed transformation of health insurers into joint-stock companies permitted to conduct other business activities.

All four coalition parties have expressed their political support for the Health Ministry's reform. Zajac, however, will have to convince some of the opposition or independent MPs to support his bills as the ruling parties lost their majority in parliament at the end of last year and efforts to regain it have so far failed.

Top stories

Janka, a blogger, during the inauguration of the first flight to Athens with Aegean Airlines at the airport in Bratislava on September 14, 2023.

A Czech rail operator connects Prague and Ukraine, Dominika Cibulková endorses Pellegrini, and Bratislava events.


Píšem or pišám?

"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?


Matthew J. Reynolds
Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

Jan Konvalinka was expecting a pandemic before Covid-19 came along.


SkryťClose ad