Ministry of Healthcare

  • Politics

Lithuania’s healthcare minister hospitalized

Healthcare Minister Juras Požela is in hospital, the spokeswoman for Santariškės Clinics in Vilnius has confirmed.To read this article, try…

8 years ago
  • Society

First vegetarian kindergarten opens in Lithuania

A private kindergarten in Vilnius is the first pre-school education institution in Lithuania to offer a fully vegetarian option to…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Medical students and government to cooperate on corruption prevention plan for health service

Medical students, government and NGO representatives are to work out a corruption prevention plan for health services in Lithuania.The Lithuanian…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Health services will be more expensive in the future, Lithuanian minister says

Lithuania's new Healthcare Minister Juras Požėla says that while patients should not be made to pay for services at the…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Social Democrat Juras Požela proposed for healthcare minister

The Board of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania decided on Monday to nominate Juras Požela, 33, for the position…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Finance minister steps in as acting minister of healthcare

Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius is stepping in as acting head of the Ministry of Healthcare until a replacement for Minister…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Three candidates in running to replace healthcare minister

Three candidates are in the running to replace former Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė who stepped down from her position three…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Healthcare minister failed to live up to expectations, president’s office says

Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has been urged to step down for a "variety of reasons" that are not only to…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Health minister decides to step down amidst pressure from president and PM

Both the Lithuanian president and the prime minister said on Friday that Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė of the Social Democrats…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Healthcare minister under suspicion of demanding bribes from hospitals

Lithuania's Minister of Healthcare Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė is being investigated for allegedly demanding bribes from hospitals in exchange for EU support,…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Almost 1,300 government positions face axe under new plan

The Lithuanian government announced on Monday that it would scrap 1,290 positions in government agencies from April of next year.…

9 years ago
  • Society

Public trust in Lithuania’s healthcare system growing

Half of Lithuanians trust the country's healthcare system, a poll carried out by joint Lithuanian-British market research and public opinion…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian health minister suggests fines for parents who fail to vaccinate children

Lithuania's Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, of the Social Democratic Party, has suggested introducing fines for parents who do not vaccinate…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania to launch centralized system of patients’ medical records

Lithuania's medical institutions intend to finish the introduction of an e-health system by the end of this year, allowing medical…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s ruling coalition talks education and healthcare reforms

In 2015, Lithuania's ruling coalition is planning reforms in the areas of science and education as well as healthcare areas,…

10 years ago
  • Society

Suicide Prevention Centre opens in Lithuania

The Suicide Prevention Centre has started operations in Lithuania. The Centre was established at the initiative of the Health Ministry…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s deputy healthcare minister resigns over protectionism accusations

Deputy Health Minister Gediminas Černiauskas has decided to resign from his post. [...]

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s deputy healthcare minister in double scandal

Lithuanian deputy minister of healthcare Gediminas Černiauskas has been named in two stories of alleged corruption: for making decisions favouring…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s health laboratory ready to test Ebola

Lithuania's National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory (NPHSL) is ready diagnose Ebola following a training event held earlier this week, Algirdas…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian Healthcare Ministry may be granted access to confidential patients’ data

The Lithuanian Government has approved the amendments to the Law on Public Health Monitoring that have been proposed by the…

10 years ago