Visolajský is clear about this: There is no other option than mass dismissal of doctors! – New time

There is no other option than collective dismissal of doctors. Peter Visolaský, the head of the medical trade union association (LOZ), stated this after negotiations at the Government Office of the Slovak Republic. “I want to call on all doctors in Slovak hospitals to join the pressure on the government by resigning, because we have no other way,” he said. According to him, approximately 3,500 doctors declared their willingness to resign. Visolajský pointed out that the government has still not presented solutions to some of the demands of medical unions. He pointed out that the negotiations last ten months. The head of the LOZ also reacted to the proposal to increase the salaries of doctors, which was presented on Friday by the Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský (OĽANO nominee) and the Minister of Finance Igor Matovič (OĽANO). According to him, the salary increase alone will not solve the problem. He pointed out, for example, the need to establish order in the financing of hospitals or the introduction of the DRG system. Lengvarský said at the Friday press conference that they will also deal with other demands of the medical trade unionists. He announced that they also want to take the other steps as quickly as possible.