Hungary's health care services to restart on June 15: minister

Source: Xinhua| 2020-06-12 22:36:28|Editor: huaxia

BUDAPEST, June 12 (Xinhua) -- All restrictions on Hungary's health care services will be lifted next Monday, while the measures on anti-epidemic preparedness remain in force, the country's Minister of Human Capacities Miklos Kasler announced here on Friday.

"Practically this means that in hospitals, 80 percent of the beds previously set aside for the care of coronavirus-infected people can be re-used for other treatments, but 20 percent should still be reserved for the care of COVID-19 patients," Kasler said at a press conference.

Appointments to seek the help of specialist doctors will still have to be requested by phone, patients will be triaged for their appointments, and suspected COVID-19 patients will be monitored, according to the minister.

Kasler said that Hungary's health care system will need about two months to catch up on surgeries that had to be postponed during the state of emergency.

According to official figures, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Hungary stood at 4,053 on Friday, with 2,447 recoveries and 555 fatalities. Enditem

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