Senator Filipiová to become new health minister

Senator Daniela Filipiová is to become the country’s new health minister. A senator for the Civic Democratic Party, Ms Filipiová said she intended to continue with the health reform set in motion by her predecessor, the outgoing health minister Tomas Julínek. A long-serving member on the Senate’s health care committee, Ms Filipiová is said to have a good understanding of the problems involved. She said she would search for compromises that would make the health reform more-widely acceptable.