Micro-regional Outpatient Healthcare Centre in Kiskunmajsa29 March 2010
A total of 481 billion HUF has been earmarked within the framework of the New Hungary Development Plan for healthcare developments over the 2007-2013 period. The EU contributed nearly 950 million HUF towards the development of the outpatient healthcare centre in the micro-region of Kiskunmajsa.
The development of healthcare centres undertaking micro-regional tasks has begun in several settlements over the past few months, towards the implementation of which the European Union has granted a significant amount of funding. The fundamental aim of these healthcare centres relates to ensuring access to suitable standard healthcare services for everyone, even in settlements where no such healthcare services were available earlier.
A total of 25 billion HUF was made available within the framework of the Social Infrastructure Operational Programme for constructing and developing micro-regional outpatient healthcare centres; funding ranging between 500 million HUF and 1 billion HUF could be approved for each specific development. The Micro-regional Healthcare Centre in Kiskunmajsa was constructed within the framework of this scheme, which building complex has just been handed over. Besides construction work, the procurement of medical, IT and other equipment needed is currently in progress within the framework of this project.
The micro-region of Kiskunmajsa is comprised of 6 settlements. Publicly financed healthcare services have so far not been available in this micro-region. The aim of this project involved setting up an integrated micro-regional outpatient healthcare centre, complemented by a day hospital and home-care services. In addition, this institution will particularly prioritise occupational health, health promotion, prevention, encouraging people to lead a health conscious lifestyle, as well as the integration of civil organisations in, for example, the operation of the drug treatment unit. Moreover, this institution will also assume a series of other functions, such as disease prevention, extended duty, child-welfare services, mother and infant welfare services, maternity care, maternity gymnastics, maternity counselling and remedial gymnastics.
By setting up and developing basic medical and auxiliary services, healthcare services are now available within reach for the more than 20,000 residents living in this micro-region.