The petitioner shall: Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
Name of the petition:
IN COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENTS
–We, the citizens of Komárno and the whole region express our signature Disagree to the abolition of hospital departments in Komárno.
It's quare: No.
Number of persons supporting the petition: 18 835
Date of delivery: 19.10.2021
Date of equipment: 13.01.2022
Equipment: § 5 (6) of Law No 85/1990 Coll. on petition law as amended - not evaluated
Reason for equipment:
On 19.10.2021, the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Health) received a letter from the Government Office of the Slovak Republic dated 12.10.2021 petition entitled "Peticia against the abolition of hospital departments in Komárno' Nec Arte Nec Marte Komárom-Komarno, I. Madácha 2792/4, 945 01 Komárno, ID: 52686230, which was sent to the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic by a representative of the Petition Committee and at the same time a person for contact with a public authority (hereinafter referred to as the representative) by a covering letter dated 06.10.2021 with annexes and with a description of the case - The accompanying letter to the petition was signed with the representative by two members of the Petition Committee. According to the data in the accompanying letter to the petition entitled "Peticia against the abolition of hospital departments in Komárno', it was physically signed by 13 323 citizens, which is declared by a number of 755 sheets attached and all signed by members of the Petition Committee. The annex also consisted of e-signatures of 5 512 on a total of 161 letters signed electronically via a petition published on the e-portal of petition.com, with sheets also signed by a representative of the Petition Committee. The petition was signed 18,835 citizens.
The Office of the Minister of Health referred the received documentation of a material nature within the meaning of the order of organisation of the Slovak Ministry of Health in the current version to the equipment of the Unit of Control, Supervision and Complaints (hereinafter referred to as "ÚKDaS") in cooperation with the Section of the Reform Agenda.
In view of the fact that the petition is in the nature of the application, the Ministry of the Slovak Republic is obliged to make a petition within the meaning of Article 5 (6) of the Law on Petitions, according to which, if it appears from the content of the petition that the petition cannot be dealt with under paragraph 5, the public authority competent to handle the petition containing the application or proposal shall assess its content and send a written reply, together with a statement of reasons, to the representative within the period referred to in paragraph 5. Pursuant to Paragraph 5 (5) of the Law on Petitions in particularly complex cases, the competent public authority shall inform the representative in writing that the petition will be made within 60 working days at the latest. At the same time, given the fact that more than 10 000 persons supported the petition by their signatures, MZ SR is obliged to proceed with its settlement also under the provision of § 5d (1) of the Act on petition law, according to which if the petition is supported by at least 10 000 persons, it will be discussed by the competent public authority with a representative and a petition committee for the whole territory of the Slovak Republic. In view of the above, the Ministry of the Slovak Republic, as a public authority responsible for handling the petition in question in a separate letter dated 10.11.2021, in accordance with the provisions of § 5 in conjunction with Section 5d of the Act on petition law, informed the representative that he would complete the petition within 60 working days of its receipt at the latest. Pursuant to § 5d (1) of the Act on petition law, representatives of MZ SR discussed the petition with the representative and member of the petition committee on 5.01.2022 online.
We would like to begin by saying that, at the beginning of summer 2021, after the first stage of analysis, we started communication with hospitals about the planned Optimal Network of Hospitals. We have met with hospitals to listen to the specifics of individual hospitals and regions. We then took the findings into account in the results of the analyses of the current hospital network and we intend to take them into account when modelling the optimal network. We also attended this meeting with representatives of the hospital in Komárno.
The petition of the citizens of the region in the vicinity of Komárno is taken with full seriousness, the incentives mentioned in the petition and the suggestions made during the negotiations will be dealt with and all the factors mentioned above will be taken into account in the creation of an optimal hospital network and the classification of institutional care.
At the same time, we would like to point out the fact that the law on the classification of institutional health care and on the amendment of certain laws, which was approved on 14.12.2021 by the members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, provides that the optimal network of hospitals will only be completed at the end of 2022. First, the conditions for categorizing institutional healthcare must be clearly defined. For these reasons, it is not possible to take a position on specific hospitals and their position in the network.
Our aim is to improve the quality of healthcare provision throughout Slovakia, but we also want to support what already works well. Our aim is to support and maintain departments that ensure quality health care and at the same time demand for given healthcare in the region.
During the following year, before the optimal network of hospitals is finalized, we plan to communicate with the representatives of individual hospitals and thus with the representatives of the hospital in Komárno to intensify and together to discuss in detail the input data, the spectrum of performances, the problems of regions, etc.
By sending a written reply to the representative of MZ SR he considers the petition to be equipped in accordance with § 5 (6) of the Act on petition law.
Place: Bratislava– Date:17 January 2022