Dozens of small and medium-sized hospitals believe that an additional €95 million would be necessary for them to deal with funding shortages, said president of the Slovak Hospitals Association (ANS) Marian Petko following a meeting with new Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee). More than 70 members of the association are in urgent need of money this year to increase the salaries of employees as requested by law. The two sides should hold another working meeting soon as there are still some issues that need further discussion. These include the DRG (diagnosis-related group) system as the association doesn't like the way in which the basic rate has been determined.
Anca Dragu, Photo: TASR
