ZAGREB, August 21, 2018 - The leader of Živi Zid party, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, on Tuesday said that this opposition party would be part of an initiative for Health Minister Milan Kujundžić's replacement, whom Sinčić called out for upholding clientelism in the health sector and added that Kujundžić was definitely one of the worst ministers in Andrej Plenković's government.

ZAGREB, August 21, 2018 - Health Minister Milan Kujundžić has said in an interview with the Večernji List daily that he will ask that members of parliament Željko Jovanović of the Social Democratic Party, and Ines Strenja Linic and Božo Petrov of the MOST party be stripped of their medical licences for their statements made following the death of 21-year-old Matteo Ružić, who died in the street in Zaprešić, just west of Zagreb, on August 12 while waiting for an ambulance.

ZAGREB, August 21, 2018 - The cause of death of 21-year-old Matteo Ružić, who died in the street last week in Zaprešić, just north of Zagreb, was asthmatic bronchitis and an undiagnosed heart defect, officials of the Ministry of Health reported on Monday presenting the results of an autopsy conducted by the Zagreb-based Institute for Forensics and Criminology.

ZAGREB, August 20, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday that no evidence has suggested that there was any objective responsibility by Health Minister Milan Kujundžić for the death of Matteo Ružić, adding that he would not allow a witch-hunt against the minister.

Another tragedy for Croatia’s troubled healthcare system.

ZAGREB, August 18, 2018 - The Croatian Chamber of Nurses on Friday welcomed the announced changes in the emergency medical service system which are expected to expand the powers and enhance the education of nurses and emergency medical technicians on the model of European countries, as suggested by Health Minister Milan Kujundžić.

ZAGREB, August 17, 2018 - Health Minister Milan Kujundžić said on Thursday that an inspection the ministry conducted into the recent death of 21-year-old Matteo Ružić had shown that the emergency service system had worked in this case and that everything was done in line with Croatian regulations and standards.

ZAGREB, August 16, 2018 - A death of a 22-year-old man in Zaprešić this past Sunday, who passed away despite first aid from an ambulance staff, provoked strong reactions in the public and among the opposition that insist that the first aid system failed given that the ambulance team did not include a doctor.

The activist was protesting the recent death of a young man in Zaprešić.

ZAGREB, July 9, 2018 - The association of wholesale drug suppliers at the Croatian Employers Association (HUP) warned on Monday that hospitals' debt for medicines and medical supplies exceeded two billion kuna, having gone up 500 million kuna in the first six months this year alone.