Construction of New National Hospital Launched in Bratislava's Vajnory Borough

Bratislava, 17 December (TASR) - The construction of the General Milan Rastislav Stefanik National University Hospital in Bratislava's borough of Vajnory has officially started, with Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) tapping the foundation stone at the construction site on Wednesday, the ministers told a press conference. "With a ceremonial groundbreaking and the official launch of the hospital's construction, we're taking an absolutely crucial step towards Slovakia finally having a tertiary-care facility that will be equipped with expertise, technology and personnel to meet state-of-the-art standards," said Sasko. The new national university hospital named after General Milan Rastislav Stefanik is being built on land belonging to the Defence Ministry in Bratislava's Vajnory borough. The project is to be financed through the Recovery and Resilience Plan, two percent of defence spending, and to a lesser extent, from the public budget. The construction of a new national university hospital was originally planned to be located at the Razosochy site in Bratislava. The government later approved Ruzinov as the site for the new hospital, but Vajnory was eventually chosen instead. jrg/df