Update 15th March 2020 - Postponement of Patient Care Not Requiring Immediate Medical Care
Update 15th March 2020 - Postponement of Patient Care Not Requiring Immediate Medical Care
2020. March 17.
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The Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary has ordered that all interventions not requiring immediate medical care shall be postponed from the 16th March 2020 until the state of emergency is terminated. In order to implement the measure, the University of Szeged immediately took the necessary steps.
The Ministry of Human Capacities has ordered that all urgent interventions that do not require immediate health care should be postponed until the current state of emergency is terminated. The University of Szeged places high priority on preventing the spread of the coronavirus and informing the population about the situation, therefore the institution has taken immediate measures to delay the care of patients who are not in urgent need.
A change in health conditions that would, in the absence of immediate medical care, result in immediate life-threatening or serious or irreversible damage to the patient is considered to be an urgent need.
