Vladimír Lengvarský, the health minister, together with the department's experts, has today discussed topical topics with the directors of faculty and university hospitals. The Ministry is doing everything for a smooth course of income and subsequent care of Ukrainian refugees on Slovak borders. Detailed methodological guidance on how to deal with refugees who will stay longer in Slovakia will also be issued these days. On Friday, emergency medical aid stations from the Košice ambulance will start operating at every pass. The University Hospital in Košice has already established a special pavilion for Ukrainians with several ambulances. The center also has 24 beds for isolation and care of patients positive for COVID-19 disease. The hospital has currently hospitalized three patients from Ukraine, one child of which has so far treated 15 people. The hospital also set up a nonstop psychological advisory service for all refugees. Five workers from Ukraine, four doctors and one sister work in the hospital. Three patients from Ukraine are hospitalized at the Faculty Hospital in Prešov. Should the number of refugees increase, the hospital has a number of alternatives to adapt individual parts of the hospital. Of the hospital staff there are three Ukrainians, the medical facility didn't record an influx of employees. They treated four refugees at the Poprad hospital and provided psychological assistance to two. The hospital was involved in humanitarian aid in the form of special medical material sent to Ukraine and a shipment of medicines that went directly to Ukrainian hospitals. The minister assured that any refugee crossing the border would receive free standard emergency medical care. It also confirmed that refugees will be tested in the accommodation facilities.
