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Horrible news: Hungarian hospitals overwhelmingly indebted
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The indebtedness of Hungarian hospitals grows enormously fast, by HUF 3.5 billion (EUR 10 million) each month. The Hungarian State Treasury claims that the total debt value has reached HUF 38 billion (EUR 117 million) – nevertheless, as Napi.hu reports, the government states that the health care system is properly financed.
As we have already reported, the indebtedness and horrible state of hospitals represent a great problem in the whole country. By the middle of the year, Hungarian hospitals have accumulated more than HUF 38 billion (EUR 117 million) in debt. Most of the invoices, more than 40 pc were due two months ago, while 37 pc should have been paid by last month.
Only some 20 pc of the checks were paid by hospitals on time all over the country.
In the meantime, the government claims that the serious amount of debt of hospitals does not mean that the health care system is under-financed. However, it is hard to see how this could be true: according to OECD’s 2017 report, Hungarian health care expenditure is well below the EU average, with around 8 pc of the GDP spent on the health care. The government spends EUR 1428 on health care per person, while this number is EUR 2797 in the EU on average.
The most indebted hospitals are Péterfy Sándor Street Hospital (debt of HUF 2.5 billion), Honvéd Hospital (HUF 1.1 billion) and the South-Pest Hospital Centre (HUF 1.5 billion).