Zoltán Jenei is the general director of the national hospital

In accordance with the Prime Minister’s decision, the Director General of the National Hospital was appointed by the Prime Minister on the proposal of the Minister of Human Resources Miklós Kásler.

Zoltán Jenei was rector of the University of Pécs between December 30, 2014 and September 1, 2020. In a statement announcing the fact of his departure, ITM said: “The Ministry of Innovation and Technology thanks the Chancellor for his outstanding work The decision on the succession will be made at a later date. ” Furthermore, between March 2016 and January 2017, Zoltán Jenei was the Ministerial Commissioner responsible for the development of KLIK as its maintenance structure.

It should be remembered that the institution of the OGK was established by a decree published in the gazette on Tuesday. Under the Ministry of Health, the OKF, headed by the Director General of the National Hospital, acts as the central budgetary body that acts as the central office. The General Director of the National Hospital is replaced by the Deputy General Director of the National Hospital. The Deputy Director General of the National Hospital will be appointed and dismissed by the Prime Minister at the proposal of the General Director of the National Hospital. (Several deputies can be appointed).

OKFŐ’s task is to monitor the functioning of the health system and establish strategic government decisions on its review, within the framework of which it contributes to the development of a new, unified and transparent national health management system, said Tuesday’s decree .

Népszava wrote in her article Tuesday morning that, in addition to postponing various controversial points in the status law, the head of the OKF will be the employer of public health employees (who sign the new health service status), with the exception of the heads of hospitals. , to which the Minister of Health. Those who are in the current general director of hospitals will be called heads of institutions, who will be replaced by the medical director.

Important regulations remain to be seen

It is worth noting that several sections of the Health Services Legal Relations Act, which included a major storm, including a significant increase in medical salaries, will go into effect today, November 18, but the implementing regulations promised in the law have not yet been published. Details were also discussed on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Interior Ministry and EMMI. According to an article on Wednesday in Népszava, the president of the Hungarian Medical Chamber was finally invited to the World Bank for a conciliation originally intended for politicians.

Cover photo: Chancellor Zoltán Jenei speaks at the handover of the renovated building of the International Training Center of the University of Pécs and the International Center for ECL Language Examinations on April 15, 2019. The renovation was implemented from more than 900 million HUF as part of the Modern Cities Program (MVP). Source: MTI / Tamás Sóki