Košice Hospital Workers Demand Financial Audit as Management and Ministry Resist

Trade unions at a major hospital in Košice, Slovakia's second-largest city, have sent an open letter demanding a comprehensive financial audit of the facility's operations. The hospital management and the Health Ministry are opposing the workers' call for the in-depth review of financial practices. The dispute highlights growing tensions between healthcare workers and administrators over hospital finances in Slovakia's eastern region, though specific details about the unions' concerns or the reasons for management's resistance were not immediately available.