Sanatoriums are a treatment place for many people who improve their health condition or recover after illness or accident or struggle with chronic diseases. The regulations, however, prevent some from going to the spa. Check what it results from and who cannot go to the sanatorium.
To get a referral to, a person should meet the requirements set by the National Health Fund. The legal basis that covers this topic are the provisions placed in the Regulation of the Ministry of Health of 2012.
The most important principles on the basis of which the doctor may issue a referral includes issues such as the requirement of the patient’s independence. It means that people who want to take advantage of sanatorium treatment must be able to function independently and reach the center without help.
It is also important that Only a health insurance doctor who works under the NFZ can issue this type of referral. In addition, types of diseases are also included. There is a list of diseases that can entitle to sanatorium treatment and these are, among others Cardiological problems, respiratory and nervous diseases and many other chronic ailments.
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However, it turns out that not everyone can benefit from treatment. The regulations clearly specify which states and diseases exclude the possibility of going to the spa. There is a whole list of diseases excluding this type of treatment. Contraindications include, among others:
- infectious and parasitic diseases,
- inflammatory foci,
- liver failure,
- venereal diseases,
- hernia,
- Hepatitis and symptoms of jaundice,
- full -symptomatic insufficiency of circulatory and breathing,
- Diseases with acute mileage, e.g. kidney stones,
- Some mental illnesses,
- mental retardation to a significant and deep degree,
- hemorrhagic diathesis,
- severe personality disorders posing a threat to the patient or environment,
- addiction to stimulants,
- devastating systemic diseases,
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
It should be taken into account that Restrictions on going to the sanatorium are primarily caused by medical and safety indications. In addition, what could help others in the spa, for some people would have the opposite of the expected, thus creating an unnecessary risk for the patient.
