Waiting lists still very long in Hungarian hospitals

According to the National Health Insurance Fund Administration (Hungarian abbreviation NEAK), waiting lists in Hungarian hospitals were the longest in June. Furthermore, 27,666 patients were waiting for a surgery on December 1^st. The institution published its newest data recently, which was summarized by Világgazdaság.

Shorter waiting lists still unbearable

To start with, NEAK’s system registers the patients who are put down for a surgery separately. However, this record is not an actual waiting list because these patients asked for a later surgery date than the earliest available given by the hospital. According to NEAK, 3,951 patients were on the list on December 1^st, while 3,506 in November and 4,800 in September.

In fact, the waiting list for surgeries was

the longest in June, containing 28,816 names at the time.

Furthermore, one-third of the patients were waiting for cataract surgery. In addition, this rate is constant for the whole year. On December 1^st there were 11,810 names on the waiting lists of ophthalmologies. In fact, the shortest waiting time – it lasted for only two days – was a cataract surgery at the Buda Hospital of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God. Whereas, patients