Doctors warn health system on verge of collapse

Ljubljana, 9 November - Slovenia's medical organisations have made an urgent appeal to citizens to do their best to avoid requiring urgent medical assistance over the next month or two, warning the healthcare system is about to collapse.

Ljubljana Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Igor Dovnik, the head of the Association of Private Doctors and Dentists, Bojana Beović, the head of the Medical Chamber, and Konrad Kuštrin, the head of the doctors' union FIDES address the public over Covid emergency.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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