Former Justice Minister Maris Lauri (Reform) finds that while former trade union chief, Minister of Health and Labor Peep Peterson (SDE) can remain in office, he needs to trad carefully as a former lobbyist.
The Ministry of Justice wants to amend provisions of the Anti-Corruption Act that regulate the extent to which doctors can treat their next of kin. Where doctors welcome planned changes, the Office of the Prosecutor General perceives added corruption risk.
Four Tallinn hospitals are proposing to temporarily recognize Ukrainian medical certificates so they can employ nurses and midwives with previous experience as assistants. It is hoped this will help alleviate Estonia's shortage of medical professionals.
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the Estonian medical system, the Estonian Medical Association said in a statement.
It is not up to the government to interfere in medical matters to the extent of setting a quota of Covid hospitalizations which, if this figure were exceeded, would result in triaging of patients, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said Thursday.