Department of Defence is still looking for medical staff who is interested in helping with the whole-scale testing of Slovak residents for COVID-19. Healthcare professionals can help directly in their region. It is sufficient to contact the relevant regional headquarters by telephone or e-mail, even if they have already been registered using the form. The list of contacts is also published on www.somresponsible.sk/health care institutions

The Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Jaroslav is personally addressing the health care professionals with a request Next: The public confidence in you who take turns in service, in difficult conditions, in protective clothing and with shields is huge at this moment. We know that you are working with great determination with a clear aim - to protect the health and lives of all responsible people. However, we can only win over the enemy together, and we realise that without you, the paramedics, we can't do that. Help your closest ones, family, friends and friends directly in your region, be heroes of these daysThe medical part of the sampling team is always one person from the category ÞA" which performs the swab. This category may be carried out according to the applicable regulations by a doctor, nurse, practical nurse and paramedic. In addition, a midwife, a medical laboratory, a medical student (5th year), a medical student (6th year), a nursing student (2nd and 3rd year – sister) and a student of emergency health care (2nd and 3rd year - medical paramedic) can also perform swabs in a team with a person of the category –. Activities related to the conduct of a diagnostic test, in addition to the conduct of a swab, may also be carried out by a dental doctor, pharmacist, physiotherapist, public health professional, nutritional therapist, dental technician, radiological technician, dental technician, technician for medical devices, optometrist, pharmaceutical laboratory, masseur, optician, orthopaedic technician, dental assistant, sanitary, logoped, psychologist, therapeutic pedagogue and laboratory diagnostics. There is currently a discussion at the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic about the possibility of extending the health team to other health professions.Contacts at 16 regional headquarters:

Regional Command Telephone No 1 Telephone No 2 email
Bratislava 0914 370 246 0914 370 225 bratislava zdrav@mil.sk
Lobster 0960 396 262 0960 396 263 (php 3, php 4)
Lioness 0960 430 220 0960 430 210 your emails  
Malacky 0960 390 870 0960 390 871 your emails
Martin 0960 483 305 0960 483 200 your emails
Michalovce 0960 540 199 0960 540 611 (php 3, php 4)
Nitra 0960 374 061 0960 374 065 nitrasil@mil.sk
Prešov 0960 521 455 0960 521 352 your emails
Rožňava 0960 581 360 0960 581 209 @mil.sk
Ružomberok 0960 663 704 0960 663 705 your emails
Sered 0960 386 353 0914 368 179 your emails
Topoľčany 0960 342 411 0960 342 412 your emails
Trebišov 0960 550 413 0960 550 257 trebisov zdrav@mil.sk
Trencin 0960 338 102 0960 338 203 your emails
Selected 0960 468 200 0960 468 201 your emails
Žilina 0960 442 260 0960 442 261 zilinasil@mil.sk