Health professionals from Denmark and Belgium arrived in Slovakia on Friday to help the country deal with the critical situation in the health-care sector, according to Deputy Health Minister Peter Stachura. Eight health professionals from Denmark (three doctors and five nurses) and three health professionals from Belgium (two doctors and one nurse) will work in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia. According to Stachura, the situation in hospitals is bad due to the coronavirus pandemic, with still more beds being occupied. Transporting patients is ever more demanding. The Government asked for foreign help for this reason. Poland and Germany lent a helping hand to Slovakia in this regard with five patients being treated in Polish hospitals and three in German facilities. However, the priority is for Slovak patients not to be transported abroad, said Stachura, admitting that patients' relatives are often unwilling to see them moved.
Source: TASR
