COVID-19: Slovak hospitals can apply for European money

EUR 48 million from European Fund resources regional development. Such amount is available from Euro funds in Slovakia hospitals where healthcare professionals care and care for patients with COVID-19 disease or suspected. First of a series of challenges about non-refundable The financial contribution targeted at economic mobilisation is Open since yesterday. 49 hospitals can submit their applications continuously until the end of the year when the call will be closed. Other challenges for others the relevant entities will be declared in September.

The Ministry of Health has published a call for submitting a request for non-repayable financial contribution to hospitals in battle with COVID-19. The public call is part of the new specific objective 2.1.4 "Reinforcing capacity in the health system and protection" public health in response to the Pandemic COVID-19 Ministry of Health as a condition for obtaining additional funding up to € 167 million in total for health under the Integrated Regional Operational Programme. Hospitals in which doctors, nurses and other health professionals are caring and caring for Viral infected or suspected patients should be the required equipment and medical material for taking care of those people. The activity of each project is thus the purchase equipment for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients suspected or already diagnosed with COVID-19. From the means of the call for example, mobile demand points may be built. Investing will be They can also reach the departments themselves. Financial assistance will also go to protection personnel to provide personal protective and disinfectants explained minister for Health Marek Krajčí.

Under the eligibility rules for expenditure which is Part of the call for applications, Ministry of Health define a list of recommended expenditure that will be possible according to needs; and adapt the development of pandemic spread. For example, the investments mentioned above to mobile sampling points, equipment compartments, disinfectants medical devices or protective devices. We have also introduced the "complementary' expenditure institute. This is expenditure in excess of the budget the project to be reimbursed to the beneficiary if it shows savings in public At the same time, we are making the most of simplification for applicants to limit the administrative burden, too stated minister Marek Krajčí.

Expenditure incurred before approval of the project. The aim of the call is to support measures to: shortening response time with an enormous increase in the number of infected. Financial The contribution is also intended to prepare material and technical equipment for a possible further wave of contagion in my country said minister for Health Krajčí.

For the first time, money from the European Union will also be available hospitals in Bratislava, especially for the largest University Hospital Bratislava.

Public procurement will also be accepted negotiated procedures, when contracting low value contracts can Beneficiaries shall follow a simplified procedure on the basis of the approved exceptions. Rules for the application of these simplified procedures to public procurement procurement is part of the announced call. The applications submitted shall be approved at intervals of two weeks. We shortened the length of the evaluation the project and we set up our internal administrative capacity to do this; and the entire fund management system with us at the Ministry so that the process is efficient and hospitals have made the necessary investments in good time; when they most need them described the process head of Marek Resort Shorts.

The call defines the list of eligible beneficiaries in the capacity of economic mobilisation entities. To respond flexibly to possible enormous increase in the disease, funding will be available within This call will also be requested by those hospitals to which the entity will be assigned economic mobilisation, if the situation so requires.