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While the coronavirus pandemic is raging at full power in Hungary and healthcare needs all available manpower, opposition politicians and government-critical professionals who applied to volunteer are still waiting to be called up. Many of them suspect political reasons behind the situation. The number of hospitalized coronavirus patients is still on the rise, and due to the government’s recent modification of healthcare professionals’ legal status, thousands decided to leave the sector. On March 22nd the National Hospital Directorate-General issued a call for medical students and volunte...

Amid coronavirus, healthcare faces increasing pressure. 4,000 workers departed after refusing to sign the new contract following a controversial new law.

Hungary's vaccination program went into chaos over the weekend after vaccinations which the government cancelled were continued by certain clinics.

In the wake of the government’s recent announcement on further restrictions, most of the opposition parties blame Orbán and his government for the worsening situation, for the “collapsing healthcare,” and the chaos around the healthcare workers’ new contract. Meanwhile, far-right Mi Hazánk is the only group that wants places to open immediately. According to leftist Democratic Coalition, the announcement once again demonstrates that the Orbán government makes sure that those things that matter to them should work even if everything else has to be halted. “We European Hungarians ...

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...