As part of the project, the Ministry of Health will renovate the old department of internal medicine at the Novo mesto General Hospital to provide high-quality non-acute and palliative hospital treatment. The ground floor of the renovated building will serve as the premises of the Non-Acute Hospital Treatment Department for various therapies and workshops, the first and second floor will be used as a room for visiting relatives, the third floor will be used for non-acute hospital treatment and palliative care. As part of this project, the Novo mesto General Hospital will acquire as many as 44 new beds for Covid-19 patients. The Ministry of Health will thus improve the conditions for high-quality healthcare in the Novo mesto General Hospital, and will also contribute to improving the accessibility of health care services in South-Eastern Slovenia.

In 2021, Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy has approved EUR 75.1 million from the React-EU initiative to strengthen Slovenia’s health system, namely EUR 20.1 million from the European Regional Development Fund under the React-EU initiative for four intermediate care departments which provide in total 226 beds for Covid-19 patients.

We are thus continuing with our goal of giving EU funding back to the people, also through establishing appropriate healthcare infrastructure and improving healthcare.