RIGA Authentic Will Richardson Jersey , July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Latvian government on Tuesdayapproved a reform plan for the Baltic country's healthcaresystem.
The plan, which has been outlined in the Health Ministry'sreport, calls for sweeping transformation in the Latvian healthsector and higher pay for medics.
The ministers greenlighted the reform plan amid an ongoingstrike of general practitioners Authentic DJ Chark Jersey , or family physicians as they arecalled in Latvia, who are demanding higher government funding perpatient.
The reform plan proposed by the Health Ministry includesmeasures like raising Latvia's health budget to 4 percent of grossdomestic product (GDP) by 2020, which among other things wouldallow increasing medical specialists' pay Authentic Taven Bryan Jersey , reorganizing healthcareinstitutions and defining local authorities' role in ensuringhealthcare services.
The reform plan also calls for a more compact and efficienthospital network, smaller family physicians' practices andinnovative medications to cancer patients.
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By Sept. 15, the Health Ministry will work out a detailed planfor the development of the primary care system Authentic Ronnie Harrison Jersey , and localauthorities' role in ensuring healthcare services will be debateduntil March 1, 2018.
The Health Ministry is also determined to go ahead with thelaunch of the much-criticized e-health system, which is intended tohelp patients follow and control their health data and quicklyprovide necessary information on patients to physicians and othermedical staff. Enditem
SEOUL Authentic Gardner Minshew II Jersey , July 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday raised its 2017 growth forecast for the economy to reflect the altered economic situations at home and abroad.
Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol announced the upward revision following a rate-setting meeting where Lee and other monetary policy board members decided unanimously to freeze the benchmark rate at an all-time low of 1.25 percent. The rate was lowered to the current level in June last year.
The BOK's growth outlook for this year was revised up to 2.8 percent from 2.6 percent unveiled three months earlier. In April, the bank's forecast was revised up by 0.1 percentage point.
The BOK's upgraded outlook was higher than the figures disclosed by local economic think tanks that ranged from 2.5 percent to 2.6 percent. The government's outlook was 2.6 percent.
The upward revision reflected recovering exports, which posted a double-digit increase