Deputy premier Grzegorz Schetyna (Civic Platform - PO) admits that a big portion the health service reforms presented by health minister Ewa Kopacz are drafts previously prepared by the former health minister Zbigniew Religa (Law and Justice - PiS), reports Radio News Agency (IAR).

The PO politician acknowledges that it was a mistake to hide the fact, but calls the Law and Justice’s criticism of PO’s health service reform package hypocrisy. 

Schetyna explains that with the exception of one law - on patient’s rights - the remaining acts were drafted by previous health minister, professor Religa.

Grzegorz Schetyna tells Gazeta Wyborcza in an interview that Religa’s draft acts were never implemented, because the PiS government lacked the courage to carry out the reforms.

Grzegorz Schetyna also denies allegations that his party wants to withdraw from the idea of the reimbursement of IVF treatment and explains that the current government had to give up the idea of state subsidies due to the overall poor financial condition of the Polish public health sector. (mj)