Labour shortage: you can’t give birth in one of Budapest’s biggest hospitals!

This weekend you will not be able to give birth at Budapest’s biggest hospital, the Szent Imre Hospital, due to labour shortage, Hungarian media writes. The institution suggests mothers-to-be visit other hospitals in Budapest, provided their labour starts.

Labour shortage hitting hard the Hungarian healthcare sector

From 16 September to 18 September, there will be no admissions to the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the Szent Imre Hospital in Budapest. Mothers-to-be may go to the Szent János Hospital, the Clinical Centre of the Semmelweis University or the South-Pest Hospital Centre, blikk.hu reported.

Based on the information of HVG, a severe labour shortage is behind the decision of the Szent Imre Hospital. A former MP, Andrea Varga-Damm wrote on Facebook that the situation is similar in the hospitals of Veszprém and Szombathely, West Hungary.

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