In hospitals across Serbia, the wait for a magnetic resonance imaging examination can be up to two years. In smaller places, such as Bor, the reason for waiting is the lack of professional staff and the small number of devices
Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar boasted back in December that waiting lists for cataract surgery had been abolished. It is impossible to verify the truth of this information because the records on the website of the RFZO have been deleted. It is known that 923 people are waiting for surgery at the VMA alone
In a country where citizens shell out large sums of money for health insurance, tens of thousands of people still wait years for basic medical interventions. During that time, the President of Serbia proposed populist and long-term unsustainable measures. Is there a cure for endless waiting lists?
The member of the SSP asked the Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar how far the reduction of the waiting list has come. Lončar said in September that he was waiting for the president to return from America for this venture. Vučić came a long time ago, but the lists do not tell
Waiting lists in hospitals, an essential problem of the healthcare system in Serbia, will be abolished. Or at least that's what Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says. Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar announced that around 3.000 citizens, who have been waiting a long time for a scanner, will complete their examinations next weekend. How feasible is this kind of healthcare reform
"Isn't it a shame that people wait so long for treatment?" Those who have money go for private treatment, and what will we do with the poor?" Dr. Dragan Milić, head of cardiac surgery in Niš, told "Vreme" that he decided to run for office in the local elections.
According to World Bank data, in 2002, more than 72 percent of all healthcare costs in Serbia were paid with "state" money (budget, health insurance), 24 percent from citizens' pockets, and the rest from other, mostly international, sources. In the period from 2006 to 2012, public funds covered about 62 percent of health-related costs. After 2012 and the establishment of a new government, there is a further decrease in the participation of public funds in health care financing, with a record low in 2017, when only 57 percent of health costs were covered by funds from public sources, and citizens paid 41 percent out of their own pockets.
Long waiting lists, "burnout" at work, insufficiently educated staff, too many employees in the administration are problems facing the healthcare system
