Construction of Yet Another Micro-regional Outpatient Healthcare Centre to Commence in Kapuvár12 February 2010
A total of 481 billion HUF has been earmarked within the framework of the New Hungary Development Plan for healthcare developments over the 2007-2013 period. The EU is contributing over 790 million HUF towards the development of the outpatient healthcare centre in Kapuvár.
The development of healthcare centres undertaking micro-regional tasks has begun in several settlements over the past few months. The fundamental aim of these healthcare centres relates to ensuring access to suitable standard healthcare services for everyone, even in settlements where no such healthcare services were available earlier.
Besides chronic care and rehabilitation, inpatient care also ceased after 1 April 2007 at the Lumniczer Sándor Hospital Clinic in Kapuvár. This hospital is responsible for providing medical services for 39,000 people and equally treats people living outside the micro-region. There is unequal access to outpatient services in this area on account of the geographic location and transport conditions prevailing in the settlements concerned. Over 50% of the population is forced to travel a fair distance to access outpatient services in certain medical areas. In terms of its structure, the institution operating at present fails to meet modern requirements and handicap access is not ensured to the building either.
Having just laid the foundation stone, modern healthcare services based on needs and accessible in the immediate vicinity of the population’s place of residence will soon be in place, which contributes to improving the health status of the population living in this medical district.
The range of healthcare services replacing inpatient care will increase, the composition of the medical team will be adjusted to needs and all connecting infrastructure required will also be ensured as a part of this development; moreover, handicap access will be ensured to the building and equipment will also be procured. Medical day care will be reintroduced; one-day surgery will be developed and the range of home care services offered will also increase.