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Ruling parties propose building new hospital in Budapest
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Budapest, February 5 (MTI) – Lawmakers of the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democratic parties proposed that a new hospital should be built in Budapest, at a meeting in northern Hungary’s Mezokovesd on Thursday.
Fidesz group leader Antal Rogan said the parliamentary group had authorised the government to raise the necessary funds including financing from the European Union, select a site for the new facility and prepare a time-scheme for the construction. The new hospital would serve as a healthcare complex and the project could be worth tens of billions of forints, Rogan said.
At their meeting, the lawmakers asked the government to give increased focus to prevention and screening programmes, with special regard to protection against cervical and colon cancer, Rogan said.
The group has also granted authorisation to the government to launch the national utility provider in March, Rogan said. He added that the new provider will ensure gas supplies first, all over the country.
The utility provider, operating on a non-profit basis, is expected to be cheaper than other companies, thus helping the government in maintaining its public utility bill reduction programme, Rogan said. The ruling parties want the national provider to supply electricity as well, no later than 2016, Rogan said.