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For weeks, the issue of mandatory screening tests has been roiling social sentiments. As we wrote, the law introduced by the government makes several health changes. In Hungary, it is a serious problem that patients suffering from serious and, in many cases, advanced cancer are usually diagnosed very late, which leads to a strain on the healthcare system and an increase in healthcare costs.

Mandatory health screening tests are being introduced in Hungary

On the day after the local government and European Parliament elections on July 9, based on the government's proposal, the Parliament voted for a law in which it is stated that the Minister of the Interior, Sándor Pintér, who is also responsible for health, has the option that from the beginning of 2025, a part of the age group over 18 make mandatory only screenings recommended so far.

24.hu , the Ministry of the Interior wrote:

"The government did not discuss the introduction of mandatory screenings, and did not make a decision on them."

At the beginning of June, the government released this part of the salad, which at the time only existed as a draft, for public consultation, in which three investigations were named:

• cervical cancer screening for women between 25 and 65 every three years,

• biennial breast screening for women between 45 and 65,

• and colon screening of men and women between 50 and 70.

The Ministry of the Interior wrote to the paper that

"the complex development of the system of screening tests aimed at the prevention or early detection of chronic, non-communicable diseases (folk diseases) is underway".

The state secretary responsible for health denied that colon cancer screening would be made mandatory from January

Péter Takács HírTv news :

a screening test involving some sort of instrumental intervention is out of the question. He emphasized that in the case of cardiovascular screening, however, they are thinking about introducing mandatory screening.

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