Index – National – Miklós Kásler will not allow a one-day surgery from Tuesday



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According to the announcement of the Ministry of Human Resources, Miklós Kásler issued instructions to the heads of all active hospital medical care institutions and the National Ambulance Service to ensure the continuous care of the growing number of coronavirus patients.

In the order, he ordered the suspension of deferred surgeries, including one-day surgery, starting Tuesday, and designated nearly all hospitals to treat coronavirus patients. The designation does not apply to institutions exempted under a prior ministerial order.

The exceptions to the suspension of interventions are emergency care, without which the patient would be in immediate danger of death or suffer serious or permanent damage to health. All cancer care, organized cancer screening, cardiology care recommended by the professional association, and the proper functioning of assisted reproductive procedures should continue to be provided. Transplantation can also be performed with strict adherence to epidemiological precautions, the statement said.

According to the Ministerial Instruction, all publicly funded health care institutions that provide active hospital care, except those exempted above, are required to care for moderate to severe Covid-infected patients and certified Covid suspects.

To that end, institutions must reserve 40 percent of all beds funded by the National Health Insurance Fund (NEAK) for the treatment of Covid patients as of Monday, with an additional 7 percent provided as beds. ventilated to care for people infected by Covid, they wrote.

The exact number of beds per institution is recorded in the Electronic Health Service Area (EHIC). The instructions also specify which providers should care for children with Covid, premature babies who need intensive care, and suspected or infected patients who need close contact who need artificial treatment.

Cover image: MTI Photographer: Rosta Tibor



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