Linas Kukuraitis: More nurses may leave the system than join in 2029–2030
According to the Minister of Health Linas Kukuraitis, more nurses may leave the healthcare system over the years than join it.
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Government goal: at least 70% of patients will see specialist doctors within 30 days
At least 70 percent of patients must see specialist doctors for an initial visit within 30 days, as provided in the draft implementation plan of the XXI Government program.
Swiss drug manufacturer’s experimental treatment caused a dangerous immune reaction: three patients died
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has temporarily suspended eight experimental cell therapy clinical trials involving autoimmune and neurological…
Famous Santaros Clinics Professor Valevičienė Passed Away: “Her Ideas Changed the Face of Lithuanian Medicine”
The community of Vilnius University Hospital (VUL) Santaros Clinics mourns a longtime colleague. As stated in the press release, it is with deep sadness that it is announced that a Clinics…
High cholesterol: is it really good for health?
The claim circulating on social networks that low total cholesterol levels are supposedly dangerous to health and may be associated with a very wide range of diseases and disorders. In…
Lithuanian e-prescriptions will also be valid in two foreign countries: what is important to know?
Although summer is ending, trips abroad will continue in the fall. The good news is that from now on, residents of Lithuania traveling to two more resort countries of the European Union (EU) will be able to rest assured…
47-year-old Marius is getting back on his feet after two liver transplants: today he wants to say only one important thing
47-year-old Marius Tabakajevas is glad to be home today – gradually, without rushing, recovering after his second liver transplant. The first one, unfortunately, was unsuccessful and required…
Eglė, who survived the plane crash, will never forget every person she met on the journey of treatment
Just the fact that after the plane crash, Eglė Kupčinskienė from Alytus survived, today she thanks fate with tears in her eyes and the Republican Šiauliai and Alytus County S. Kudirka…
Important for residents still without electricity: The Ministry of Health reminds about the possibility to get medicines that had to be kept cold again
Due to the power outages caused by storms a week ago, some residents also lost the ability to ensure proper medication storage conditions. The Ministry of Health (SAM) together…
The head of Jonava Hospital who suffered a heart attack at work himself rushed to the intensive care unit: “This time I was lucky”
„The chest began to be torn so strongly, it seemed as if something was ripping from the inside. But there were no other clear symptoms: the pain did not spread to the neck or shoulder, no sweat broke out,…