I was recently among the winners of the Ig Nobel Prize awarded at Harvard University, awards for research papers that first make you laugh and then make you think . The work was invented and performed by my younger colleagues, and my role was mainly boiled down to the fact that when they came to...
On the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), World Patient Safety Day is held on September 17 each year. This year's theme is drug safety: "World Patient Safety Day: medication safety, medication without harm". WHO encourages healthcare professionals and patients to take action to...
The act on the profession of pharmacist contains the following provision: "The pursuit of the profession of pharmacist is aimed at protecting patient's health and protecting public health, and consists in providing pharmaceutical care". One of the elements of pharmaceutical care is performing...
In accordance with art. 94 of the Pharmaceutical Law Act, the working hours of generally accessible pharmacies in a given area are determined by a resolution by the poviat council, after consulting the commune heads (mayors, city presidents) of communes from the poviat area and the pharmacist's...
From April 1, 2020, a licensed pharmacist may issue a pharmaceutical prescription in the event of a threat to the patient's health (before April 1, 2020 - in the event of a sudden threat to health or life). How many such prescriptions are issued? What drugs are the most frequently prescribed...
September is a month when many parents come to see psychological help with their children. Does this mean that during the holidays there were no problems or we did not want to see them? We asked prof. Ewa Mojs, chairman of the Scientific Council of the Nie Widać Po Me Foundation.
The minister of health first mocked pharmacists because he introduced the possibility of free antigen testing in pharmacies for only two months. Then he unjustifiably slandered the entire professional group because in an interview for Polsat News he said that "possible shortages of drugs in...
At a press conference on August 9, 2022, Deputy Minister of Health Maciej Miłkowski announced that work was underway to increase retail and wholesale margins in pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers. Moreover, the ministry intends to introduce financing of pharmacies' roster. Margins The...
There used to be such billboards in Poland, "I am knitting myself". They showed a criminal getting a tattoo. I don't remember what it was about anymore, at least it wasn't a campaign against tattooing. Besides, tattooing in prison had a specific informative purpose (defining a place in the prison...
The little chemist was such a game with chemistry for inquisitive students. In the 60s of the last century, in stores with ambitious toys, you could buy a set of a little chemist. The kit included test tubes and various reagents and a simple instruction on what to mix with what and how to...
In the European Union, shortages, shortages and reduced availability of drugs are a real problem. The reasons for a drug shortage are manifold: production interruptions due to lack of active ingredients that come from China and India (around 80 percent), increased demand, supply chain collapse...
A dozen or so years ago, an extremely energetic brunette, probably a fifth-year student of the Medical Faculty of the Medical University of Warsaw, Ania Waszczuk, came to my office with a declaration that she intends to work in a hematology research club. Her extraordinary intelligence was...
Some time ago, the validity of covid certificates was reduced to 270 days. The undersigned received the third dose on October 11, 2021, i.e. more than 270 days ago, and his certificate is therefore invalid by law. The undersigned works full-time (and even more so) in constant contact with dozens...
Many years ago, when as a young doctor I was living in the hospital dormitory, instead of giving me the key to my room, she said that some short and fat friend came to me, so she gave him the key. I was going to the room wondering who he might be talking about, because I didn't have any such...
I try my best but to no avail. I already know that the process of losing weight is arduous and difficult. I look at pharmacology with an increasingly greedy eye and I place more and more hope in it, envying my colleagues. I experienced that the usual rule of less eat food did not bring any...
The discussion about educating doctors in Poland ranges from the postulates of "practicing studies" to the elimination of the basic method of practical apprenticeship, ie postgraduate internship.
A colleague asked me if we should boycott Russian doctors, just like we boycott, for example, athletes? I replied no. Why not?
We have over 3 million visitors from Ukraine in Poland, including pharmacists, technicians and students of pharmacy. Perhaps it would be worth starting to collect data on how large this group of people is. I was once taught outside of Poland that in a situation of mass migration, occupations or...
It cannot be ruled out, as Russia undoubtedly has these "toys". If it starts losing decisively in the conventional war, it has gone so far that it will be difficult for it to withdraw from the war after suffering defeat. The use of tactical nuclear weapons is nothing unimaginable for Russian...
In December 2021, the editorial office of the MGR. FARM asked the Ministry of Health and the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber: whether pharmaceutical care can be provided outside the pharmacy. The chief specialist at the Communications Office of the Ministry of Health informed that "the fact that...
A few years ago, at the time of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, when the war between Serbia and Croatia was going on, our Croatian friend, professor Boris Labar, a pioneer of bone marrow transplantation, was almost crying in Yugoslavia. He said, "we are making such a gigantic effort to...
It's good to be involved in a dialogue, not just to break with your voice by deliberately emphasizing how separate it is. Author: Jonathan Mills.
Minister of Health The Minister of Health made two serious mistakes with regard to amantadine. First, he commissioned the Medical Research Agency to finance a clinical trial on amantadine in the treatment of COVID-19, because it was requested by Deputy Justice Minister Warchoł, who posted an...
For the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a Vaccine Distribution System (SDS) has been established, which is run by the Government's Strategic Reserves Agency (RARS). In October 2021, the first two drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 were added to the SDS. In the following months, more drugs...
On February 15 this year. new Summary of Product Characteristics for COMIRNATY has been approved. Comirnates, 30 micrograms/dose, concentrate for dispersion for injection (with purple cap) and Comirnates, 10 micrograms/dose, concentrate for dispersion for injection (with orange cap). The changes...
Anyone can make a mistake. A wrong decision can also happen to central institutions such as the Ministry of Health (MZ) or the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council (NRA). The introduction of testing to pharmacies is more than a mistake - it is a disgrace of the NRA and Ministry of Health, because...
In 2020, there were only three small studies in the world on the use of amantadine in the treatment of COVID-19. These were: an analytical observational study, a case series, and a cross-sectional study. The results were clear: no need to use amantadine in the treatment of COVID-19. Therefore, no...
The differences between the market economy and the so-called socialist (prescriptive) is many. I would like to highlight one of them related to the way the client is treated. They can be defined with the words: "to yourself" or "from yourself".
A few weeks ago, on the occasion of the presentation of the bill on the modernization and improvement of the efficiency of hospitality, the minister of health stated that one of the aims of the act is to eliminate "unhealthy competition" between hospitals. It is about competing for patients, for...
From the beginning of the pandemic, testing has been one of the weakest points of the Polish fight against the pandemic. Only 98th place in the world in terms of testing intensity speaks for itself. Botswana is directly ahead of Poland.
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