Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic MUDr. Vladimír Lengvarský, MPH appointed Ing. Mgr. Imrich Andrási, MPH (Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Health, Catholic University in Ružomberok) to the position of main expert of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for Paramedic. He was appointed on 22 December 2021 in accordance with Article II. Statute of Main Experts and Regional Experts, published in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (dated 18 November 2011).

The main experts and regional experts are an advisory body to the Minister of Health of the Slovak Republic. They cooperate with the Ministry in the professional guidance of the provision of health care and in the professional-methodical management of health care in the relevant field. They participate, for example, in the elaboration and implementation of the main directions of development in the relevant field, propose quality indicators of quality assessment and safety of health care provision and other tasks and responsibilities specified by the Statute of Main Experts and Regional Experts published in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Health. The term of office of the Main Expert shall be 5 years from the date of his appointment.

We wish him a lot of success in this position.