President signs hospital law against the government’s wishes

In a move which counters the plans of the government, President Václav Klaus signed a law which transfers a trauma centre in Brno, southern Moravia, into municipal administration. The law was approved by Parliament earlier this year, and it goes against the government’s plans to close down the hospital. While Health Care Minister Tomáš Julínek had asked the Constitutional Court to review the bill, opposition politicians in Brno, including the Social Democrat Governor of South Moravia, Michal Hašek, welcomed the president’s decision.