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Rasi: No Changes at First-Aid Medical Care Centres Until Elections
Tuesday 23 February 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) - First-aid medical care centres (LSPP) won't see any changes until the parliamentary elections in June, Health Minister Richard Rasi said on Tuesday.
Rasi added that representatives of the Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK) along with LSPP providers and Higher Territorial Unit (VUC) doctors are working together to address the situation at hand.
"We'll draw up a proposal to optimise the network and secure its financing," said Rasi, adding that there's an opportunity to have a first-aid medical service available round the clock or at least until midnight.
General practitioners, who are obliged to work at LSPP centres by law, have been complaining to the parliamentary health committee since January 2009 that their constitutional rights and freedoms are being violated. They drew up a petition, demanding the officials find ways of financing LSPPs and restructuring their poor organisation. Private providers subsequently came up with a petition to close LSPP centres at 10 p.m.
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