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Hungary’s opposition parties have spoken out against the government’s most recent, mandatory contract for all those working in Hungary’s healthcare field. The contract, finalized on March first, resulted in the resignation of around 5,500 essential workers. By March first, Hungary’s healthcare workers had to sign a contract involving stricter work conditions, a lower salary for some due to new overtime rules, and the banning of second jobs. Five percent of healthcare workers chose not to sign the document, feeling that they did not deserve to be put in such a position. These people ar...

Many Healthcare Workers Refuse to Sign New Contract, Leave Public Healthcare Hungarian healthcare workers had to sign a new contract by March 1st in order to be able to continue working in public care. The new contract contains strict conditions and a lower salary for some due to new overtime rules and the banning of second jobs, which is why many working in the sector have refused to sign it. According to the national director-general of hospitals, 95 percent of workers signed the documents. Parliament approved the bill for a major wage hike for physicians last October. The new law grants a ...

Starting this year, giving and receiving gratuity for medical treatment will be severely punished in Hungary. The aim of the measure is to eliminate this type of corruption that has been rampant in Hungary’s health sector for many decades. Gratuity payments to a healthcare worker for treatment, known as parasolvency, is an extremely common practice in the healthcare sector in Hungary, as a centuries-old tradition. As a result of low wages and poor working conditions in the sector, many doctors and nurses accept money offered by patients as gratuity. People are motivated to pay their doctors...

The government has granted 50 billion forints (EUR 138.5m) to support 46 investments in the Hungarian health sector, resulting in new developments worth 65 billion, Mihály Varga, the finance minister, has said.