The Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic Kamil Šaško attended the Assembly of Delegates of the Association of Secondary Health Schools of the Slovak Republic in Banská Bystrica today. This is the first ever visit by the health minister to this assembly after the 30 years of this association. In his speech he stressed the importance of health education as a pillar of the functioning of Slovak health.
The Minister of Health at the Association of Secondary Health Schools of the Slovak Republic met with representatives of secondary health schools from all over Slovakia today. –I am glad to be a teacher who is raising and training our future health professionals, and I was able to express my sincere thanks. We are working on the health department to promote education, create new specialties for practical nurses and introduce new health and non-health professions into the system. said the Minister for Health. Minister Šaško further stated that the resort is currently preparing a strategy for human resources in health by 2035. Therefore, he invited representatives of the association to a professional workshop where their vote will be part of the solutions. –We want to listen to those who are really shaping future health professionals, and he added.
In the field of health education MZ SR is currently working on many changes during this period, such as:
* experimental verification of dual education for pharmaceutical laboratories,
* a new office of the Slovak University in Martin, which will support the staffing of the new university hospital,
* specializations for practical nurses in paediatrics and operating halls,
* improving the availability of higher professional studies also outside regional cities.