The opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union-Democratic Party (SDKU-DS) thinks that the government has no idea how to fulfill pre-election promises concerning the healthcare sector, Health Minister Ivan Valentovic lies and as Pontius Pilate he washes his hands over reduction of the network of healthcare facilities. Chairman and the former prime minister Mikulas Dzurinda and chairman of the Parliamentary Health Committee Viliam Novotny (SDKU-DS) reacted to the Monday statement of Health Minister by pointing out that measures, which he proposed, do not have any logic.
On Monday Minister said that he did not intend to shut down any healthcare facilities. He reminded that his competencies are restricted and only health insurance companies can decide which hospitals are ineffective. If health insurance companies come to agreement, Health Ministry can launch talks with Labor Ministry and counties to transform these hospitals them into other kinds of social or healthcare facilities. SDKU reminded that no reduction of healthcare facilities is possible without issuing a government regulation.
SDKU thinks that steps of the government in the healthcare sector are hopeless. Mr. Dzurinda reminded of the promise of the current Prime Minister Robert Fico given in the pre-election period, that his party SMER-SD will solve the crisis situation in the healthcare sector immediately after coming to power. "You can see that they do not have any idea what the measures in the healthcare sector should be," stated the former prime minister. He called on the current prime minister to return to the reform launched under the previous government, continue with good measures, correct the bad steps and complete, what there was no time for.
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