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Government sets up organization promoting clinical trials
NOKK has been tasked with defining priorities in R&D at clinics and universities to serve the objective of improving the overall health of Hungarians.
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President Áder honors doctors who separated Bangladeshi Siamese twins
The president praised the expertise and innovation shown by the Hungarian doctors who performed a series of operations to separate Siamese twins in Bangladesh and Hungary.
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World-class neurosurgery operating theater unveiled at University of Szeged
László Palkovics, the Minister of Innovation and Technology, declared that Hungary’s health industry was poised to achieve “outstanding results” over the coming years.
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Leading doctor demonstrates open-heart surgery
In a first for Hungary, doctors at the Budapest Cardiology Institute invited members of the press to attend open-heart surgery.
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Hungary strengthens ties with Japan
During an official visit to Japan, Human Resources Minister Miklós Kásler has signed cooperation agreements in education, medical research, and sports
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Conjoined twins from Bangladesh are to be separated by plastic surgeons in Hungary
Rabia and Rukiya, two-year-old girls conjoined by their heads, are to have the surgery conducted by three Hungarian doctors
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Hungarian scientists identify new gene linked to rare neurological condition
After more than two years of research, the team, led by Mária Judit Molnár, found an important genetic link which can affect brain disease
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Hungary's healthcare system performed more than 400 organ transplants in 2016
There were 4,006 lives saved through transplants in Hungary between 2007 to 2016
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Hungary celebrates 25th anniversary of first heart transplant operation
The transplant was performed in January 1992 at Semmelweis University by cardiac surgeon Zoltán Szabó and his team