Welcome to the nightmare called Karlovac Hospital, where doctors are fleeing in droves and patients are waiting for appointments longer than their survival prognosis! The Croatian Association of Hospital Doctors (HUBOL) has raised the alarm and demanded an extraordinary inspection due to catastrophic professional relations and management that have descended into chaos.
Patients waiting for their first hematologist appointment often wait longer than the expected survival time for their hematological malignancies. Although the hospital has had a second hematologist for four months, the second hematology clinic is still not operational because director Kovačić refuses to sign contracts with the hematology specialists, denying them their legal right to pay. Without this second clinic, patients cannot undergo diagnostic tests like bone biopsies in Karlovac and must travel to Zagreb, further extending waiting lists and endangering lives.
The problem is deeply rooted in a staffing system where loyalists, not the capable, are appointed to key positions, often along party lines. Hospital chiefs pick people from outside the hospital system, and corruption is blatant and systematically organized, with HDZ and politicians like Petrač and Beroš playing leading roles.
Public healthcare in Croatia is on its knees, and patients are condemned to wait and die. Will anyone be held accountable for this chaos, or will we keep watching people die waiting for help? If you have something to say, jump into the conversation – this is the place for those who won’t stay silent while their health hangs by a thread!
