Latvian Hospitals Association: state quotas will run out in most hospitals by September
The planned additional funding of EUR 10 million that Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis promises to allocate from the next year’s budget to help reduce patient queues is not enough. In addition, it demonstrates that healthcare is not a priority in the country, believes Latvian Hospitals Association.
«This funding amount is too low. Even now healthcare service accessibility for state-funded services is critical. Illnesses are thereby left unattended, residents cannot reach specialists in time and the situation becomes more critical as a result. To ensure better accessibility to healthcare services to Latvian patients, the amount of funding should be several times larger,» – emphasizes the association’s manager Jevgenijs Kalejs.
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