Government Approves Intention to Build Modern Military Hospital in Presov

Bratislava/Presov, April 17 (TASR) - The Presov hospital should be transferred to the competence of the Defence Ministry as of July 1, 2024, according to the intention to include the state contributory organisation J.A. Reiman University Hospital in Presov in the military health-care system, which the government approved on Wednesday. The change is related to the project to build a new modern military hospital complex. "In the hierarchy of military health care, the Presov hospital will be a hospital with the highest type of military medical facility at the ROLE 4 level in terms of NATO standards, designed to provide both emergency medical care and a wide range of comprehensive treatment," the Defence Ministry said in the proposal. The aim of the change is to expand the capacity and renovate the current facilities. The new complex should bring strengthening and expansion of the military health-care system and also fundamentally improve health care in Eastern Slovakia. "The ambition is also to place the hospital at the top of patient satisfaction ratings and surveys," added the defence ministry. am/mcs