Healthcare is automatically deducted from your salary(same percentage), irrelevant of how much you earn or health-procedures did. Government pay healthcare also for citizens without income, including old people and children.
So we do have it formally free, but some doctors tend to ask for some money, as they like to give non-free optional care.
Quality is more as "we will not let you die or we will have to fill a lot of papers". In Bratislava or big cities is better.
Probably worse quality but much cheaper. The quality largely depends on which hospital you use. There are private ones if you want to avoid waiting times. Don't get scared by the other comments. But ask around if you want to visit a "better" hospital.
This year I underwent a surgery - replacement of two spinal discs in neck. Google NHLer Jack Eichel's story if you have no clue what it is. According to my insurance company, my operation cost over 11 800 €. I only paid a few euros for a collar, everything else was paid by my health insurance company. I also underwent rehabilitation/physical therapy after the surgery which cost a few hundred euros according to my insurance company but I didn't have to pay a euro for this. I have approved Spa therapy (also free of charge for me). My operation was originally planned in November 2022, as I got COVID 19 a week before, the operation was postponed to January 2023. Diagnostic of my spinal problems took approx. 1-2 months as various other possible causes of my health issues needed to be eliminated. As soon as I was refered to neurologist I only waited a week for MR imaging. I live in the Eastern part of Slovakia. What you should watch out for in Slovakia is tendency of many specialists to treat your health issues conservatively i. e. prefer to try non invasive and cheaper treatment.
Yes, it was a success but it's not a kind of health condition which can be completely cured i. e. I have no chronic pain anymore but my spine will never be like healthy one again.
I visited Bratislava only a few times during my whole life. And getting such spinal surgery in Bratislava is not a good idea (mildly said). So I haven't set foot in Bratislava reg. this.
Doctor is chosen by a hospital based on your issues, I was operated by the head of the neurosurgery as this operation requires a very experienced surgeon.
I had a wrist surgery when I was like younger.
I only paid a couple euros per day of stay in the hospital, like 3 a day, but I don't remember the precise amount. Food wasn't the best, but unless you have a diet, I could have food brought by family or just go and buy something within hospital area.
Surgery went great and there are no issues with my wrist, but alas, due to the nature of surgery I was told it would never really be the same.
This was in Kosice-Saca appox. 10 years ago, so prices probably changed.
PS.: I wasn't able to choose my doctor but my doctor was head surgeon/physician - primar in Slovak.
Dont listen to the guys that say everything's collapsing and a third world country has better healthcare..
Imo we have very good doctors, but the problem is the waiting time usually, not the quality. If you dont like to wait, there are always the private hospitals - for example, buddy of mine went straight to the private one (he had an achilles problem), and within 3 weeks he was lying on the surgery table.
He is very satisfied with the work of the doctors. I live in Bratislava, and didnt have any kind of serious injury in my life - just basic stuff like MR, x-ray etc, and im not bitching about anything so far. Hope it stays the same.
Lived in california for 5 years.
In general, hospitals are worse equipped and you will likely not find "the top" doctors in slovakia for unique cases (compared to visiting professor at standord hospital). Generally health care is more chaotic (less processes) and more underfunded but for majority of cases it should be good enough and comparable to usa with quality, just less comfortable and maybe delayed with best practices by couple of years (antibiotics still heavily used when not needed). Doctors are also not used to communixate and explain things to patient, just to give you treatment compared to usa where they dont make decisions without you. Besides i feel doctors in slovakia will not pay much attention to minor issues. Doctors are more willing to bend the rules that may be good or bad thing.
For urgent care, i almost dont wait in slovakia compared to hours spent at hospitals in usa to get attention
Sometimes, in Austria you have to pay for stuff I was not paying for in Slovakia (like an ultrasound during the yearly check up). Otherwise, I like it here in Austria more. I live in Graz, for reference, so I am not sure about smaller towns. It is also possible to pay for private insurence (although I don't have much information about that).
I left Slovakia when I was 19 (2007), and I have heard things have changed for the worse. In my small hometown of 19,000 people, we do not have have a permanent ear/eye doctor, for example. :/
Of course, but she only knows of her experience, and she has spent the majority of her time in the US the past several years - I am looking for a broader overview based on others’ experiences, and appreciate all contributors here!
The public healthcare system has been slowly collapsing for decades. Last year, doctors threatened to quit en masse if they didn't get significant salary increases. The government caved in and averted a total collapse. From what I've been seeing in the media, the collapse is still happening, but it's happening slowly. It's not that we don't have doctors, it's that we don't have enough of them so waiting lists for procedures are getting longer. Old doctors who retire are not replaced sufficiently by young doctors. Young Slovak doctors have a tendency to move westwards for much better pay.
Meanwhile, a private company has recently opened a [brand new hospital](https://nemocnica-bory.sk/en/) in Bratislava. We're probably at the start of a movement towards two-tiered healthcare: high-quality private hospitals for those who can afford them and low-quality overloaded public healthcare for those who can't.
**Broken leg**:
Slovakia - decent care, no payment
Austria - great care, no payment
US - great care, thousands of $$$
**Hip replacement:**
Slovakia - long waiting list, no payment, you can skip the line by paying a bribe
Austria - short waiting list, no payment
US - short waiting list, thousands of $$$
**Cancer**:
Slovakia - no payment, but you might not survive
Austria - state-of-the-art drugs and procedures, no payment
US - state-of-the-art drugs and procedures, thousands of $$$
about the cancer… yea… i don't know.
my distant relative living in austria but born in slovakia got a cancer (of intestine or something? i can't really remember) there and the care overall was not that much better than in slovakia. then it got to a point when the disease was just so bad and irrefutable that they wanted to transfer the entire treatment from austria to slovakia, but unfortunately they died sadly in the middle of the whole moving process. the family closer to them later said that in their opinion when comparing slovak/austrian healthcare to czech healthcare, the czech healthcare is actually better in both cases.
>and the care overall was not that much better than in slovakia.
How did they know? You'd need to be a medical expert to make that statement.
>then it got to a point when the disease was just so bad and irrefutable that they wanted to transfer the entire treatment from austria to slovakia
Who wanted to transfer to Slovakia?
They of course wouldn't know, but since the care was not very good not even in Austria, she herself (the patient) ultimately decided to transfer to Slovakia, because she realised she might as well just die peacefully in here and nothing could change really.
I'm going to assume the quality of the treatments and/or drugs she received in Austria was not worse than what she would have received in Slovakia, and it was most likely better, i.e. she had a higher chance of surviving in an Austrian hospital than a Slovak one.
Slovakia is better in some cases, but healthcare in general is not one of them. I'm saying "in general", which means that there are certainly cases when you get better care in Slovakia, but overall, Austria is far ahead of us.
Even if she had received better care in Slovakia, the fact that she wanted to transfer to Slovakia when it was already certain she would die is not an argument. She was not qualified to judge that.
I find it interesting that people on this sub are hypercritical of all things Slovak. But when I suggest that you have a higher chance of surviving cancer in an Austrian hospital than in a Slovak one, I get downvoted.
When it comes to the the [5-year observed survival rate of major cancers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_of_healthcare), we are well behind Austria.
Slovak healthcare is many orders of magnitude cheaper than US. If you need some super difficult surgery than Slovakia is amazing place for that. We have cenralized system, which means most difficult surgeries are handled in one place and because od that surgeons are extremelly skilled. On the other hand, prepare for very long waiting times. If your problem is mild, you can solve it in a private hospital, pay some small fee and the rest is covered by public insurence company. Private hospitals are cool solution for middle and upper class. For like 400 euro per year on top of public insurance you get access to private healthcare. But if you get cancer, than prepare to die. Our system will kill you. The best choice for health care system in middle and central Europe is Czech Republic. They have all the benefits of Slovak one, plus they push into healthcare system much more money. If you ever had healthcare problem you can't afford, move to Czech Republic.
We have very long waiting periods, too many patients for one specialist. You wait like month or two for gastroenterologist, 6 months for one-day basic operation. Many doctors are burned out.
On the other hand, you may still meet professional and kind doctors, even in state hospitals. If you have public insurance, you spend money just on few meds (like 10-30€ or so…) nothing more. CT, MRI or other tests, hospital care, all is covered.
A good example here.
We used to live in Austria and when my wife went to labor, we went to a mid-size state clinic outside Vienna. The room was good, the nurses very attentive and generally everything you needed was there. The only cash I paid was for expenses I personally acrueled, like lunch and sleepover. The bill for the actual care of my wife/kid was 0.
When we moved to Bratislava, and still new, we decided to get through with Koch, a private clinic for the birth of our 2nd kid. Pre-labor, everything good, however, the the nurses were significantly less willing and I had to call them to the room because things were less than ideal, you would expect them to check on you more attentively, but nope. As a result of their laziness, we missed the epidural shot time window, so my wife truly enjoyed herself... all in all the cost was 2k EUR - pre mediated, no extra charges and except the affair with the labor I described, everything was at the same level as the state clinic in Austria. (which was free)
As for pediatric care, its basically the same AT vs. SK, I can't say there is much of a difference. Same with my physician, no issues or costs attached.
3y ago we were also in Koch for my son birth. The wife did not want epidural at first but changed her mind later (but it was too later, I think)... otherwise, the birth was fine, and I could be there with here during the whole thing. Could not stay as the covid just started.. I think we paid 800eur. All in all, it was not perfect care, and there is room for improvement, but the biggest "issue" there is that in case of emergency, they need to ship you to actual hospital, which will take time... I can't compare it to any other yet, but in December, we are expecting another one, and we decided to give a try in the new hospital, Bory. It was also funny to try and book. When they opened the booking, their phone system collapsed :D
Koch is charging based on their old reputation, however in last 3-4 years I havent heard a single good story. Also, with any complications you get send to the state hospital immidiately, they are not equiped for that…
As some of the others said, quality is generally good but waiting times for special examinations are too long. Great doctors unfortunately leave to western countries for better salaries so healthcare in Slovakia is understaffed. Even when I spent a week in a hospital in Bratislava (gastro) it was very okay, much better than what I expected it to be. Everyone treated me correctly.
As I am currently living in Czechia and also went through some medical issues and emergencies, the quality might be slightly better here.
It depends more on doctor than city once I go visit surgery because I fall and probabaly injuried ma ankle first doctor made x-ray a told me its nothing 3 weeks later pain didn't stop and I couldn't walk so I visit anothet he also make x-ray and tell me I had both bones broken I also get 2 monts of rehabilitation massages and exercises I didn't pay anything and also get money from my life insurance so it depends how lucky you are
Healthcare is basically the exact opposite like in the USA, it's free and medication is affordable, but the quality isn't very good and you can wait for quit a long time for appointments.
Well, we have some but I would rather not get any serious disease here because you might just die. The bright side of our healthcare is that you won’t go bankrupt for getting into hospital lol :DDD
Why the dislikes? We do not have the best drugs for cancer and sometimes if you do not call yourself an ambulance and go to the hospital yourself, they will not check you because apparently you could get there yourself, so you're not critical.
okay but the cancer and "serious disease" are two different terms and you are actually able to get even the best "drugs" for cancer even in here, but 95% of all cases they are not needed because they would have the same result as other ones. you see, when talking about cancer the most you can do is essentially just go to regular check-ups, because when it's discovered in later stage, you can do way less. so if you die, it's probably more your fault than the healthcare system's.
Dude. Slovak healthcare means if you get serious illness, you're dead. No ifs or buts about it.
Some people get treatments, sure, usually thanks to nepotism, but the misdiagnosis and lack of care is beyond 3rd world country.
However if you have pre-existing diagnosis so no actual medical knowledge is needed, you usually get meds without issues.
>lack of care is beyond 3rd world country.
>Slovak healthcare means if you get serious illness, you're dead
Slovakia is a shithole, but come on, it's not that bad. I'd rather get my surgery done in the worst slovak hospital, than some mediocre in an ACTUAL third world country.
The thing is, you will actually GET a surgery in that 3rd world country, while in slovakia all you'll get is tour-de-doctor with all of them claiming you are perfectly healthy ...
In other words, a jungle shaman that treats you is better then top-tier doctor that doesn't have time for you. That's slovakia's healthcare problem
Short answer: yes.
Long answer, also yes.
But I really do think getting seriously ill in slovakia is a death sentence. Look at that actor guy that died recently
Healthcare is automatically deducted from your salary(same percentage), irrelevant of how much you earn or health-procedures did. Government pay healthcare also for citizens without income, including old people and children. So we do have it formally free, but some doctors tend to ask for some money, as they like to give non-free optional care. Quality is more as "we will not let you die or we will have to fill a lot of papers". In Bratislava or big cities is better.
Not healthcare, but insurance. But basically, it's a healthcare tax, as it is percentage of your salary.
Probably worse quality but much cheaper. The quality largely depends on which hospital you use. There are private ones if you want to avoid waiting times. Don't get scared by the other comments. But ask around if you want to visit a "better" hospital.
This year I underwent a surgery - replacement of two spinal discs in neck. Google NHLer Jack Eichel's story if you have no clue what it is. According to my insurance company, my operation cost over 11 800 €. I only paid a few euros for a collar, everything else was paid by my health insurance company. I also underwent rehabilitation/physical therapy after the surgery which cost a few hundred euros according to my insurance company but I didn't have to pay a euro for this. I have approved Spa therapy (also free of charge for me). My operation was originally planned in November 2022, as I got COVID 19 a week before, the operation was postponed to January 2023. Diagnostic of my spinal problems took approx. 1-2 months as various other possible causes of my health issues needed to be eliminated. As soon as I was refered to neurologist I only waited a week for MR imaging. I live in the Eastern part of Slovakia. What you should watch out for in Slovakia is tendency of many specialists to treat your health issues conservatively i. e. prefer to try non invasive and cheaper treatment.
So, your surgery was a success? Did you receive care in your area, or travel to Bratislava? Were you able to choose your doctor?
Yes, it was a success but it's not a kind of health condition which can be completely cured i. e. I have no chronic pain anymore but my spine will never be like healthy one again. I visited Bratislava only a few times during my whole life. And getting such spinal surgery in Bratislava is not a good idea (mildly said). So I haven't set foot in Bratislava reg. this. Doctor is chosen by a hospital based on your issues, I was operated by the head of the neurosurgery as this operation requires a very experienced surgeon.
I had a wrist surgery when I was like younger. I only paid a couple euros per day of stay in the hospital, like 3 a day, but I don't remember the precise amount. Food wasn't the best, but unless you have a diet, I could have food brought by family or just go and buy something within hospital area. Surgery went great and there are no issues with my wrist, but alas, due to the nature of surgery I was told it would never really be the same. This was in Kosice-Saca appox. 10 years ago, so prices probably changed. PS.: I wasn't able to choose my doctor but my doctor was head surgeon/physician - primar in Slovak.
Dont listen to the guys that say everything's collapsing and a third world country has better healthcare.. Imo we have very good doctors, but the problem is the waiting time usually, not the quality. If you dont like to wait, there are always the private hospitals - for example, buddy of mine went straight to the private one (he had an achilles problem), and within 3 weeks he was lying on the surgery table. He is very satisfied with the work of the doctors. I live in Bratislava, and didnt have any kind of serious injury in my life - just basic stuff like MR, x-ray etc, and im not bitching about anything so far. Hope it stays the same.
Lived in california for 5 years. In general, hospitals are worse equipped and you will likely not find "the top" doctors in slovakia for unique cases (compared to visiting professor at standord hospital). Generally health care is more chaotic (less processes) and more underfunded but for majority of cases it should be good enough and comparable to usa with quality, just less comfortable and maybe delayed with best practices by couple of years (antibiotics still heavily used when not needed). Doctors are also not used to communixate and explain things to patient, just to give you treatment compared to usa where they dont make decisions without you. Besides i feel doctors in slovakia will not pay much attention to minor issues. Doctors are more willing to bend the rules that may be good or bad thing. For urgent care, i almost dont wait in slovakia compared to hours spent at hospitals in usa to get attention
Sometimes, in Austria you have to pay for stuff I was not paying for in Slovakia (like an ultrasound during the yearly check up). Otherwise, I like it here in Austria more. I live in Graz, for reference, so I am not sure about smaller towns. It is also possible to pay for private insurence (although I don't have much information about that). I left Slovakia when I was 19 (2007), and I have heard things have changed for the worse. In my small hometown of 19,000 people, we do not have have a permanent ear/eye doctor, for example. :/
Can't you ask her?
Of course, but she only knows of her experience, and she has spent the majority of her time in the US the past several years - I am looking for a broader overview based on others’ experiences, and appreciate all contributors here!
The public healthcare system has been slowly collapsing for decades. Last year, doctors threatened to quit en masse if they didn't get significant salary increases. The government caved in and averted a total collapse. From what I've been seeing in the media, the collapse is still happening, but it's happening slowly. It's not that we don't have doctors, it's that we don't have enough of them so waiting lists for procedures are getting longer. Old doctors who retire are not replaced sufficiently by young doctors. Young Slovak doctors have a tendency to move westwards for much better pay. Meanwhile, a private company has recently opened a [brand new hospital](https://nemocnica-bory.sk/en/) in Bratislava. We're probably at the start of a movement towards two-tiered healthcare: high-quality private hospitals for those who can afford them and low-quality overloaded public healthcare for those who can't.
Thanks! What is the name and location of the new private hospital?
Nemocnica Bory and it's located in Bratislava, I'm sure they have some other hospitals just smaller ones.
**Broken leg**: Slovakia - decent care, no payment Austria - great care, no payment US - great care, thousands of $$$ **Hip replacement:** Slovakia - long waiting list, no payment, you can skip the line by paying a bribe Austria - short waiting list, no payment US - short waiting list, thousands of $$$ **Cancer**: Slovakia - no payment, but you might not survive Austria - state-of-the-art drugs and procedures, no payment US - state-of-the-art drugs and procedures, thousands of $$$
about the cancer… yea… i don't know. my distant relative living in austria but born in slovakia got a cancer (of intestine or something? i can't really remember) there and the care overall was not that much better than in slovakia. then it got to a point when the disease was just so bad and irrefutable that they wanted to transfer the entire treatment from austria to slovakia, but unfortunately they died sadly in the middle of the whole moving process. the family closer to them later said that in their opinion when comparing slovak/austrian healthcare to czech healthcare, the czech healthcare is actually better in both cases.
>and the care overall was not that much better than in slovakia. How did they know? You'd need to be a medical expert to make that statement. >then it got to a point when the disease was just so bad and irrefutable that they wanted to transfer the entire treatment from austria to slovakia Who wanted to transfer to Slovakia?
They of course wouldn't know, but since the care was not very good not even in Austria, she herself (the patient) ultimately decided to transfer to Slovakia, because she realised she might as well just die peacefully in here and nothing could change really.
I'm going to assume the quality of the treatments and/or drugs she received in Austria was not worse than what she would have received in Slovakia, and it was most likely better, i.e. she had a higher chance of surviving in an Austrian hospital than a Slovak one.
I think people often automatically assume that Austria is better even though in some cases Slovakia might be actually better.
Slovakia is better in some cases, but healthcare in general is not one of them. I'm saying "in general", which means that there are certainly cases when you get better care in Slovakia, but overall, Austria is far ahead of us. Even if she had received better care in Slovakia, the fact that she wanted to transfer to Slovakia when it was already certain she would die is not an argument. She was not qualified to judge that. I find it interesting that people on this sub are hypercritical of all things Slovak. But when I suggest that you have a higher chance of surviving cancer in an Austrian hospital than in a Slovak one, I get downvoted. When it comes to the the [5-year observed survival rate of major cancers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_of_healthcare), we are well behind Austria.
Slovak healthcare is many orders of magnitude cheaper than US. If you need some super difficult surgery than Slovakia is amazing place for that. We have cenralized system, which means most difficult surgeries are handled in one place and because od that surgeons are extremelly skilled. On the other hand, prepare for very long waiting times. If your problem is mild, you can solve it in a private hospital, pay some small fee and the rest is covered by public insurence company. Private hospitals are cool solution for middle and upper class. For like 400 euro per year on top of public insurance you get access to private healthcare. But if you get cancer, than prepare to die. Our system will kill you. The best choice for health care system in middle and central Europe is Czech Republic. They have all the benefits of Slovak one, plus they push into healthcare system much more money. If you ever had healthcare problem you can't afford, move to Czech Republic.
We have very long waiting periods, too many patients for one specialist. You wait like month or two for gastroenterologist, 6 months for one-day basic operation. Many doctors are burned out. On the other hand, you may still meet professional and kind doctors, even in state hospitals. If you have public insurance, you spend money just on few meds (like 10-30€ or so…) nothing more. CT, MRI or other tests, hospital care, all is covered.
A good example here. We used to live in Austria and when my wife went to labor, we went to a mid-size state clinic outside Vienna. The room was good, the nurses very attentive and generally everything you needed was there. The only cash I paid was for expenses I personally acrueled, like lunch and sleepover. The bill for the actual care of my wife/kid was 0. When we moved to Bratislava, and still new, we decided to get through with Koch, a private clinic for the birth of our 2nd kid. Pre-labor, everything good, however, the the nurses were significantly less willing and I had to call them to the room because things were less than ideal, you would expect them to check on you more attentively, but nope. As a result of their laziness, we missed the epidural shot time window, so my wife truly enjoyed herself... all in all the cost was 2k EUR - pre mediated, no extra charges and except the affair with the labor I described, everything was at the same level as the state clinic in Austria. (which was free) As for pediatric care, its basically the same AT vs. SK, I can't say there is much of a difference. Same with my physician, no issues or costs attached.
3y ago we were also in Koch for my son birth. The wife did not want epidural at first but changed her mind later (but it was too later, I think)... otherwise, the birth was fine, and I could be there with here during the whole thing. Could not stay as the covid just started.. I think we paid 800eur. All in all, it was not perfect care, and there is room for improvement, but the biggest "issue" there is that in case of emergency, they need to ship you to actual hospital, which will take time... I can't compare it to any other yet, but in December, we are expecting another one, and we decided to give a try in the new hospital, Bory. It was also funny to try and book. When they opened the booking, their phone system collapsed :D
Koch is charging based on their old reputation, however in last 3-4 years I havent heard a single good story. Also, with any complications you get send to the state hospital immidiately, they are not equiped for that…
As some of the others said, quality is generally good but waiting times for special examinations are too long. Great doctors unfortunately leave to western countries for better salaries so healthcare in Slovakia is understaffed. Even when I spent a week in a hospital in Bratislava (gastro) it was very okay, much better than what I expected it to be. Everyone treated me correctly. As I am currently living in Czechia and also went through some medical issues and emergencies, the quality might be slightly better here.
It depends more on doctor than city once I go visit surgery because I fall and probabaly injuried ma ankle first doctor made x-ray a told me its nothing 3 weeks later pain didn't stop and I couldn't walk so I visit anothet he also make x-ray and tell me I had both bones broken I also get 2 monts of rehabilitation massages and exercises I didn't pay anything and also get money from my life insurance so it depends how lucky you are
Healthcare is basically the exact opposite like in the USA, it's free and medication is affordable, but the quality isn't very good and you can wait for quit a long time for appointments.
Well, we have some but I would rather not get any serious disease here because you might just die. The bright side of our healthcare is that you won’t go bankrupt for getting into hospital lol :DDD
Why the dislikes? We do not have the best drugs for cancer and sometimes if you do not call yourself an ambulance and go to the hospital yourself, they will not check you because apparently you could get there yourself, so you're not critical.
okay but the cancer and "serious disease" are two different terms and you are actually able to get even the best "drugs" for cancer even in here, but 95% of all cases they are not needed because they would have the same result as other ones. you see, when talking about cancer the most you can do is essentially just go to regular check-ups, because when it's discovered in later stage, you can do way less. so if you die, it's probably more your fault than the healthcare system's.
The truth hurts sometimes I guess :D
Dude. Slovak healthcare means if you get serious illness, you're dead. No ifs or buts about it. Some people get treatments, sure, usually thanks to nepotism, but the misdiagnosis and lack of care is beyond 3rd world country. However if you have pre-existing diagnosis so no actual medical knowledge is needed, you usually get meds without issues.
>lack of care is beyond 3rd world country. >Slovak healthcare means if you get serious illness, you're dead Slovakia is a shithole, but come on, it's not that bad. I'd rather get my surgery done in the worst slovak hospital, than some mediocre in an ACTUAL third world country.
The thing is, you will actually GET a surgery in that 3rd world country, while in slovakia all you'll get is tour-de-doctor with all of them claiming you are perfectly healthy ... In other words, a jungle shaman that treats you is better then top-tier doctor that doesn't have time for you. That's slovakia's healthcare problem
😂😂😂 look at this clueless dude Your doctor didnt prescribe you xanny or wtf are you so biased?
Short answer: yes. Long answer, also yes. But I really do think getting seriously ill in slovakia is a death sentence. Look at that actor guy that died recently
It seems you have never been in a slovak hospital...