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Milutin Kostić, professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade

Regime retaliation

23.July 2026 JG

Crushing of citizen Milutin Kostić

In its new issue, "Vreme" reconstructs how the regime set out to cancel the doctorate of psychiatrist and assistant professor Milutin Kostić, destroy his career and reputation

Performed internal and external control at the General Hospital in Čačak.

Death of patients in Čačak

18.march 2026 IN THE

Ministry: The deceased girl was treated without errors, by an adult man - miss

The inspection and internal supervision of the General Hospital in Čačak determined that there were no procedural and professional errors in the case of the girl EM (4), while there were errors in the case of the patient MM (38). The autopsy findings are not yet complete

Health care

13.February 2026. KS

Who is to blame for the girl's death: New protest in Čačak

Two deaths after tonsillectomy shook Čačak and opened the question - who is responsible? While the Ministry of Health's investigation is ongoing, citizens are once again taking to the streets, demanding answers and punishment for those responsible

Hospital in Čačak

12.February 2026. KS

Lončar: Suspended "cold operations", the prosecution is also involved in the investigation of two deaths

After two deaths after tonsillectomy in the hospital in Čačak, temporary measures were introduced in that institution, and the competent prosecutor's office was also involved in the investigation, said Health Minister Zlatibor Lončar.

Health care

12.February 2026. IN THE

New death after tonsillectomy in Čačak: Ministry introduced temporary measures

After a 38-year-old man died in the General Hospital in Čačak after tonsillectomy in the night between February 11 and 12, the Ministry of Health adopted temporary measures until all the circumstances that led to the two deaths in the last ten days in this hospital are determined.

Chronicle

11.February 2026. KS

The director of the hospital in Čačak resigned after the death of a four-year-old girl

The acting director of the General Hospital in Čačak resigned after the death of a four-year-old girl, the Ministry of Health announced.

The doctor is holding the documentation.

Hospital waiting lists

05.February 2026. KS

RFZO: How did several thousand patients disappear from the waiting list in a few days?

The Republic Health Insurance Fund (RFZO) and the Ministry of Health do not explain how several thousand patients miraculously disappeared from hospital waiting lists in a few days.

Research: Quackery

03.December 2025 Marija Obrenović, Nemanja Rujević

This mattress cures everything.

Various healers and magicians work unhindered in Serbia, and beauticians and hairdressers inject strong chemical cocktails under the name of anti-aging medicine. Why doesn't the state stand in the way of quacks who have already led people to their deaths

Health care

03.December 2025 KS

How many doctors is missing in Serbia?

The good news is that some health centers have started working 24 hours a day. It is bad, however, that there are not enough doctors in Serbia

Health

17.November 2025 KS

Which health centers introduced work in three shifts?

Does Serbia have enough doctors in health centers to introduce 24-hour working hours and will this measure make the health system more efficient?

Health care

24.September 2025 NM

Problems in the emergency care system exist on many levels

Commissioner for Equality Brankica Janković stated that the practice and analysis of the situation show problems in the ambulance system on several levels, among other things with the number of vehicles, but also training and empathy with citizens

Organ transplantation

24.September 2025 KS

Lončar: Organ transplantation in Belarus at the expense of the state

Citizens of Serbia who are waiting for a new organ could in the future have the opportunity to travel to Belarus for a transplant at the expense of the state.

Health care

08.April 2025. Milica Tošić

Waiting for MRI: Lack of equipment and trained staff

In hospitals across Serbia, the wait for a magnetic resonance imaging examination can be up to two years. In smaller places, such as Bor, the reason for waiting is the lack of professional staff and the small number of devices

Belgrade and Pristina

26.march 2025 KS

Zlatibor Lončar was banned from entering Kosovo

Zlatibor Lončar, Minister of Health in the Government of Serbia in a technical mandate, was refused entry to Kosovo

Obstetric violence

19.January 2024 MS

"A maternity hospital, not a slaughterhouse": today's protest in front of the Ministry of Health

The "Maternity, not a slaughterhouse" protest will be held today at 16:30 p.m., in Nemanjina Street. Ana Ninković from "Women's Solidarity" told "Vreme" that it is crucial that the Ministry of Health does something, because it is obvious that only sharing experiences, private lawsuits and individual ways of fighting are not enough.

Rare diseases

17.January 2024 Milica Srejić

The journey through time of the Ministry of Health: This year, the Program for 2023 is being worked on.

Despite the announcements, the Program for Rare Diseases was not adopted in 2023. In the answer to "Vreme", the Ministry of Health now states that the Program will be adopted this year, which would refer to the period 2023-2025. a year

Health care

12.January 2024 Milica Srejić

Rare diseases: No plan and program in 2023

Despite promises, the new Program for Rare Diseases for 2023 has not been implemented. The purpose of the Program is to enable timely diagnosis, effective treatment and improvement of the quality of life of those suffering from rare diseases. NORBS warns of the urgent need for the development and adoption of a new strategic document

Health care

05.October 2023 MJ

Sick leave in Serbia will be 60 days instead of 30

The draft law on amendments to the Law on Health Insurance was adopted, which proposed that the elected doctor, as a rule, determine temporary incapacity for work for up to 30 days, instead of the previous 60 days

A pandemic

18.September 2023 AE

Covid: Mandatory masks and testing in health institutions again

Patients will not be able to enter hospitals and other health facilities without a mask, and the requirement for hospitalization is to be tested for the virus

Beograd

10.August 2023 MJ

Patients of the Day Hospital for Addiction Diseases from Paunova are still on the street

Patients state that they are aware that this type of specific therapy implies a suitable specific space, which is difficult to find in terms of a permanent solution, but they indicate that taking away the known again and moving it into the unknown is a great threat and danger to perseverance in treatment

Health care

09.August 2023 BG

Grujicic: Vucic is also on sick leave for two weeks, but...

The Minister of Health says that the head of state gave her support for sick leave to be 15 days, but that, nevertheless, it should initially be 30 days

Health

08.August 2023 BG

Two weeks of sick leave: Why the minister does not trust her doctors

"Does the minister think that general practitioners fake sick leave? If she has such knowledge, I would like to hear it," says pulmonologist Dejan Žujović.

Health

07.August 2023 Magda Janjic

Minister Danica Grujičić's message: Workers do not take sick leave out of fear

"On the contrary, it often happens to us that people work seriously ill because they are not allowed to go on sick leave. Or someone might think that there is abuse of sick leave in the notorious Korean Jura," says the president of the Association of Patients of Serbia, Savo Pilipović.

Health care

03.August 2023 M.S

Patient protest: "Let's save Paunova, she saved us"

"We sent an appeal - the solution is either the renovation of this space or the search for a new one. I'm sure we haven't exhausted all the possibilities for this facility, the hospital has been working here for more than 40 years," said Dejan Djokovic, President of the Club of Treated Alcoholics, for N1

University Clinical Center Nis

07.July 2023 Magda Janjic

How long will women in Nis wait for the right to an abortion on personal request

Patients will not be able to receive termination of pregnancy services at their personal request at the Niš Clinical Center until they receive the consent of the Ministry of Health

Health care

01.June 2023 Z.S.

The "Dr. Laza Lazarevic" case: The director was replaced after a series of accusations of mobbing

The acting director of the Clinic for Psychiatric Diseases "Dr. Laza Lazarevic" in Belgrade, Ivana Stašević Karličić, has been dismissed from that position. The employees of this institution organized protests on several occasions for her dismissal, and the Ministry of Health found numerous irregularities in the work during the inspection.

Society

22.march 2023 S.Ć.

BSŽ vaccine withdrawn: Ministry says there is no reason to worry

Due to "minimal deviation from the strict requirements of the drug specification", Torlak withdrew the BSŽ vaccine. The withdrawn batch was replaced with a new one and there were no shortages of the BSŽ vaccine, so no maternity hospital or institution is at risk, the Ministry says. They do not say whether the babies received the vaccine from the batch that was withdrawn