The Ombudsman for Children in Poland says that pupils from small towns and villages have no access to proper health care at school.

Seventy percent of Polish primary schools have no doctor's surgeries. When medical facilities are available nurses often have too many pupils to take care of.

Chronic illnesses and other ailments are consequently not being diagnosed. The mortality rate among children and teenagers in Poland is about 40% higher than in other developed countries, says Poland’s Ombudsman. 

The Ministry of National Education (MEN), however, does not intend to bring back doctor's and dentist's surgeries within schools. "We will have to discuss the problem at the meeting of the representatives of school administrators in May," explains the representative at the Ministry of National Education’s press office, Justyna Sedlak.

According to the Ombudsman’s data, two-thirds of primary schools, a half of junior high schools (gymnasium) and one third of high schools do not have a doctor's surgery on the premises.  In schools located in villages, where the amount of students in a school does not exceed over 100, the nurse employed there must take care of a few schools, resulting in only one or two days spent at each school. (gg/pg)

Source: interia.pl