Prime Minister Robert Fico, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák together with Minister of Health Zuzana Dolinková visited health facilities in the east of our country today. In Prešov they became acquainted with the project of construction of the Faculty Hospital with the poliklinika J. A. Reimana, at the Poprad Hospital, government officials informed how the construction adjustments from the resources of the Recovery and Resilience Plan continue.
The Faculty Hospital with Polyclinic J. A. Reimana Prešov passed into the establishment of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic this year. The resort aims to build a medical facility of the highest type in line with the standards of the North Atlantic Alliance. Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák, together with Prime Minister Robert Fico and Minister for Health Zuzana Dolinková, informed about the state of play and the follow-up to the construction of the medical facility.
They then visited Poprad Hospital, which implements two projects in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Plan - Comprehensive reconstruction and reconstruction of Poprad Hospital and reconstruction of geriatrics. –The aim is to increase the provision of quality, patient-oriented healthcare, increased comfort as well as the attractiveness of the working environment for healthcare professionals, Minister for Health Dolinková explained, adding: I am very pleased that, thanks also to the funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, we are improving the conditions in our hospitals so that patients can find top health care there.

Project Comprehensive reconstruction and reconstruction of Hospital Poprad is implemented under the call for financing of large investment projects with an eligible amount of over 42 million, VAT excluded. The goal is a complex reconstruction of 10 bed floors and 7 complements. All rooms will be for up to two patients. Currently, the installation of air-conditioning, heating, windows, replacement of roofs and other works is carried out. The reconstruction should be completed in early summer 2026. As part of the call for financing of small investment projects, the hospital implements the project Reconstruction of the building geriatric. The eligible amount of the Recovery and Resilience Plan mechanism is EUR 4 800 000, VAT excluded. The aim of the project is to reconstruct the building - geriatrics, where floating beds will be created mainly for geriatric patients, but also, if necessary, for other clinical disciplines (internal, neurological or other disciplines) in terms of medical treatment. Currently they realize distribution networks, screeds, plasters, replacement of doors and windows and sewers.