ZAGREB, April 15, 2018 - Spinraza, a drug used in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), will be put on the list of medicines provided by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO) next week while clinical trials with this new medicine will begin in Zagreb's KBC Hospital on April 17 and will include 23 SMA patients, Health Minister Milan Kujundžić announced.

ZAGREB, April 8, 2018 - As part of an event marking World Health Day in downtown Zagreb on Saturday, Croatians had their blood tested for free and talked to doctors and experts about prevention programmes, treatment and ways of improving health.

“If parents of ill children are satisfied, then I am also satisfied.”

Saša Pavlić is protesting against government’s spending priorities.

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - The Health Ministry will change the rules for clinical testing of medicines in Croatia to speed up approval and contracting procedures, increase the number of clinical trials in healthcare institutions and improve access to innovative therapies for patients.

ZAGREB, March 30, 2018 - The results of two programmes designed to modernise assistance to children with multiple developmental problems, worth 732,000 kuna (approx. 99,000 euro), were presented at the Special Hospital for Chronic Children's Diseases in Gornja Bistra, north of Zagreb, on Friday.

Despite being willing to work in retirement, it seems that the largest Croatian hospital has no need for one of Croatia’s best surgeons.

ZAGREB, March 26, 2018 - The Croatian health system is stable and good but it is struggling with numerous problems, Health Minister Milan Kujundžić said at the conference "The future of Croatia's health system" in Zagreb on Monday, announcing that a new law on healthcare and compulsory health insurance, to be adopted this year, were expected to help deal with those problems.

ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - As many as three out of five Croats have overweight problems, and what is worrying is that obesity is on the rise among children, the head of the Croatian Obesity Society Davor Štimac said at a conference in Zagreb on Monday.

With the „Days of Private Initiative in Healthcare Sector – Ten Days With No Waiting” project, the Croatian Chamber of Physicians aimed to present to citizens a range of high-quality services provided by private medical institutions.