Minister of Health of SR Kamil Šaško visited the National Rehabilitation Centre (PRC) in Kováčová today. It is a specialised hospital in the founding competence of MZ SR, which provides comprehensive rehabilitation institutional health care for patients after injuries and surgical procedures on the spine, spinal cord, brain, peripheral nerves.
–It is very important that in Slovakia we have such a top-class medical facility, which has not only state-of-the-art instrumental equipment, but also medical staff, who takes care of patients who are indicated by such treatment at a high level, said Health Minister K. Šaško. The MDG is also focused on post-amputation conditions, polytraums, body replacements of the hip, knee, shoulder and ankle joints, operating performances on the musculoskeletal system and sudden strokes.
The hospital bed capacity is 200 beds. The exceptionality of our hospital is confirmed by the fact that the only one in Slovakia has a spinal rehabilitation unit in the number of 80 beds. said the director of the MDG Kováčová Olga Zábojníková. In 2024, the Ministry of Health allocated €1.470 million from its budget chapter to the ERC. The MDG has developed investment projects for the procurement of medical devices. In particular, it is a versatile sciagraphic X-ray system, a mobile robotic system for training walking in lightening, a set of physical devices for the physical treatment of disabled patients on bed and for revitalizing communication rehabilitation interiors for walking practice. I can now conclude that the health department will provide the National Rehabilitation Centre with EUR 120 thousand in capital expenditure, which will enable it to procure a robotic device for assisted hand and finger rehabilitation, approached the Minister of Health.
MDG The blacksmith manages a balanced budget, does not pay debts past due and it was never necessary to discharge the hospital. For hospitals in the direct establishment of MZ SR, capital expenditure from the state budget for 2024 was approved in the volume of about 50 million. EUR. In 2023, capital expenditure was provided, amounting to EUR 21.3 million. EUR.
