Veryga: We will make corrections to the law of medical institutions after the decision of the President

"The President will make the final decision after badyzing all the amendments to the laws adopted by the Seimas within 10 days.In principle, the president supports the health reform, but all the laws pbaded by the Seimas will be judged by the prism of respect for the Constitution. "Health Minister Aurelius Veryga, who attended the meeting, learned that he had heard something very important. but does not hide that D. Grybauskaitė plans to veto the law signed by the Seimas.

"I have heard things that matter to me.It is the President's support for the need for a health reform in general, and I think we are all interested in doing it in the best possible way so that it does not allow us to appeal to the Constitutional Court later. "The Minister noted that, in his opinion, a number of questions would come back when the President made his statement.

"Questions have been raised about criteria, here is the main discussion – it concerns the criteria for awarding contracts. respect for the Constitution. I think we will probably come back to these issues when we know the final decision of the president, "said A. Veryga, and pointed out that he would also make corrections to the law after reading the president's conclusion. According to him, the president is planning to veto the law.

"If the president decides to veto what the head of state is considering, we hope that". it will indicate the specific places that raise questions and we will see that no ambiguity and ambiguity for anyone. When we know the decision of the president, we will be able to decide what to do concretely, "summarized A. Veryga

A. Veryga, Minister of Health, Asta Kubilienė, Chair of the Seimas Health Commission, Antanas Matulas, member of the Seimas Committee Member of the Vytautas Kasiulevičius Movement, President of the Association of Young Doctors Martynas Gedminas, former Judge of the Constitutional Court and Professor of Constitutional Law Toma Birmontienė

On June 30, the Seimas pbaded seven laws relating to the reorganization of medical institutions. After the laws, the president must decide to sign them within 10 days or send them back to the Seimas for reconsideration

The adopted amendments oblige to create legal conditions to optimize the current health network, establish a transparent management model and effective. According to the new provisions, the founders of medical institutions may also be a state with a municipality, a state with the university and the municipality, and the Minister of Health will approve the national state and / or the public institution of health care.

Last week, Seimas MP Kęstutis Masiulis, fearing that decisions would be closed to 30 hospitals in the regions, turned to the Prime Minister.

The opposition was opposed to the law signed by the Seimas and asked Saulius Skvernelis, asking the Minister of Health to compel the government and the public to submit the planned reorganization of district hospitals.

Prime Minister S. Skvernelis rejected the concerns of the opposition and the public about the regional reorganization of stratified hospitals and explained that the planned reform would become clearer once it was implemented. artwork.

The square says that at the present time regional hospitals are working badly, so the planned reorganization is needed.

"With regard to regional hospitals, we have a paradox of providing poor quality services, as statistics and research show, not all services are provided or services of a non-bulky nature, nor their profile. fort has been purified, "stressed the prime minister and stressed the need for a reorganization of hospitals.

A. Veryga mentioned that currently 4.5 thousand. the beds are not used in hospitals, but are maintained or the patients unreasonably installed.