Both the Lithuanian president and the prime minister said on Friday that Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė of the Social Democrats should step down amid corruption suspicions. The minister said she would hand in a letter of resignation and wait for the prime minister’s decision. […]
Lithuania’s Minister of Healthcare Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė is being investigated for allegedly demanding bribes from hospitals in exchange for EU support, 15min.lt reports. […]
Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has admitted she once gave a bribe to doctors. She made the comments while discussing small-scale corruption that is wide-spread in the country’s healthcare system. […]
Lithuania sent over 200,000 packages of medication to Ukraine on Friday in response to a request by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. […]
Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, who is currently visiting China, said that the country’s representatives are interested in building pharmaceutical factories in Lithuania and would like to open a traditional Chinese medicine centre as well. […]
Compulsory treatment for alcoholism may begin as June of this year, if the laws prepare by the Ministry of Health are approved by the Seimas in its spring session. The drafting of these laws was prompted in part by tragic events in Lithuania, including the tragedies in Kražiai and Kėdainiai. […]
At the beginning of 2016, an order came into effect at the Ministry of Health that bars children that have not been vaccinated from polio, measles or rubella from being enrolled in kindergarten. Now, the Lithuanian courts will investigate whether this order, issued by former Minister of Health Vytenis Andriukaitis, was legal. […]
With the extent of alcoholism and the damage done by intoxicated persons failing to decrease in Lithuania the government is launching a new initiative in alcohol prevention by establishing the National Public Health Promotion Foundation. […]
After the Seimas (parliament) failed to adopt legislation authorizing mandatory vaccinations, an order made by former Minister of Health Vytenis Andriukaitis instructing not to accept unvaccinated children to kindergarten extablishments will take effect in 1 January, 2016. Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė says that the order will only apply to newly accepted children. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė support the Interior Ministry’s initiative to reduce drunk driving. […]
Lithuania’s Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has suggested introducing compulsory treatment for people suffering from alcoholism, a measure that was in place under the Soviet rule and might clash with human rights. The proposal is a reaction to a quadruple homicide by a heavily intoxicated man this week which threw spotlight on the country’s chronic problem with heavy alcohol consumption. […]
Bills necessary for the introduction of the electronic health system have been put before the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday, with e-prescriptions as one of the proposed novelties. […]
Half of Lithuanians trust the country’s healthcare system, a poll carried out by joint Lithuanian-British market research and public opinion poll company Baltijos Tyrimai has revealed. […]
Lithuania’s Health Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, of the Social Democratic Party, has suggested introducing fines for parents who do not vaccinate their children. […]
The Lithuanian Government is leaning toward endorsing artificial insemination. The Government believes that the number of embryos to be frozen should not be limited and that not only married women should have the right to artificial insemination. […]
Lithuania’s medical institutions intend to finish the introduction of an e-health system by the end of this year, allowing medical personnel to remotely access patients’ medical records, make electronic prescriptions and share medical information. […]
Lithuania is contributing to the founding of two psychological rehabilitation centres in Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions in Eastern Ukraine to provide services to persons affected by the war there. […]
Lithuania plans to start free vaccination for girls against the human papilloma virus which is the main cause of cervical cancer. […]
Deputy Minister of Health Erikas Mačiūnas is stepping down because of the difference of opinions between him and Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiutė, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
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