“Gratitude money” to be decriminalised
A conservative author urges substantial pay hikes in the National Health Service instead of formally allowing physicians to take cash bonuses from patients. In Magyar Nemzet, Melinda Farkas says a bill...
View Article64 doctors against ‘gratitude money’ demand healthcare reforms
As doctors demand higher wages to end so called ‘gratitude payments’ and stop the emigration of health care personnel from Hungary, a centrist columnist thinks that ending the system of illegal...
View ArticleFormer minister warns of impending chaos in health sector
A pro-government daily publishes an article by a former minister of health who sounds the alarm over the critical state of the Hungarian health care sector. In Magyar Idők, Jenő Rácz, the general...
View ArticlePro-government experts urge higher health expenditures
Two conservative economists urge measures to stop the exodus of doctors and nurses, and suggest tax increases in order to make substantial wage hikes possible. In Magyar Idők, Katalin and József Botos...
View ArticlePM Orbán’s state of the nation address
Commenting on PM Orbán’s annual speech, conservative and pro-government columnists agree with the Prime Minister that the migration crisis is a grave threat to Europe and Hungary. Left-wing...
View ArticleHealth service pay rise offers rejected
As health workers’ trade unions reject the government’s pay hike scheme, a health care manager advocates the rationalization of services and the abolition of ‘gratitude money’. Last week, health...
View ArticleAdditional investment in health care deemed indispensable
A business analyst believes that despite strong attacks on the government for the sad state of the public health service, all political sides actually agree on the necessity to spend more on health...
View ArticleTransit zones suspend entry for asylum seekers
A left-wing commentator finds the government’s coronavirus emergency plans wanting. A pro-government columnist welcomes the government’s decision to temporarily suspend entry to two Transit Zones on...
View ArticleCoronavirus fears mount with still just 12 confirmed cases
As the number of patients who have tested positive with coronavirus is mounting slowly, an anti-government commentator fears that Hungary’s medical infrastructure is inadequate to cope with a possible...
View ArticleGovernment introduces state of emergency
As the government gives special powers to the authorities to combat the coronavirus pandemic, closing down universities and introducing strict border controls, pro and anti-government think-tanks clash...
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