The Toruń hospital has decided that patients will be able to purchase additional care. Not only the price, but also the scope of responsibilities are controversial. They coincide with what nurses should do under the National Health Fund.
The hospital in Toruń offers additional nursing care. Cost? PLN 80 per hour
A user of portal X (formerly Twitter) published the content of the announcement. We are talking about additional nursing care, and the cost of such a service is PLN 80 per hour. As part of this care, the patient can count on, among others, help in meeting physiological needs, feeding and watering, toileting the body and ensuring safety. The entry states that:
The scope of activities is what should be covered by the National Health Fund.
Hospital spokesman Eryk Milarski explained in an interview that: additional nursing care is nothing new and results from the regulations and . Act on patient rights and the Patient Ombudsman. – Elevating this topic to something amazing is wrong. This bill is not from today or yesterday. This is a 2008 law. So far, no one has discussed this topic. (…) For over a dozen years, we have not recorded any case where a family or a patient wanted to exercise this right, he said.
What is additional nursing care? “These are activities that would normally be performed by, for example, a family”
The spokesman emphasized that nurses undertake additional hours as part of the service after duty, as part of their free time. He also explained what nursing care is. – This isn’t medical care. This care involves giving the patient a glass of water or adjusting the pillow. These are activities that would normally be performed by, for example, a family. If the family is unable, does not have time, but wants someone to be with the patient all the time and supervise it, this is the option, he said. This may sound absurd to some, because what to do when someone has no money for such care or no family member who could help? That’s why there were voices that this should be a normal service under the National Health Fund. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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