The Hungarian government rejects accusations it put those suffering from other illnesses at risk when it ordered hospitals to make 30,000 beds available for coronavirus patients
This view was echoed by another doctor in the northeastern Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, who also asked not to be named due to rules that prevent medical professionals from speaking to the media without prior consent from their employer.
According to the doctor in Borsod, many of the beds freed up"were in nursing departments, rehabilitation departments, most of them were full of patients" who need specialized care all day. Some patients were sent home even though their"general status will worsen outside hospital," the doctor said. But Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his government's strategy is about preparing for the worst in the coronavirus crisis.on state radio Friday that"we need to create the possibility that no single sick person's life would have to be given up."
Nevertheless, the government's moves prompted rare criticism from within the ruling Fidesz party after Human Capacities Minister Miklós Kásler, who is in charge of health issues, on April 12 dismissed the director of the National Institute of Medical Rehabilitation from his post. The ministryThe director, former government official Péter Cserháti, is a popular doctor in conservative circles.
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