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I am slowly finishing today's visit
with a visit to a nursing home.

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The main purpose is,
on the one hand, to see how

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the introduction of long-term
care is being carried out.

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After meeting with the management,
I remain optimistic

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that the residents here will also receive
lower fees from January 8 onwards.

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On the other hand, I have to say,
that I have had the good fortune

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and privilege to be here 
today as part of this visit,

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and that I have visited the institutions 
where parents bring their children.

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A hospital where
they bring children

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who have serious health problems.

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I saw the gratitude in the eyes of the
parents, both towards the staff and

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the fact that we have opened a new
children's hospital in Šentvid pri Stični.

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I saw the gratitude
in the eyes of

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the elderly 
in the home here in Zagorje.

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Gratitude

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that they are not alone, 
but above all

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that they can live out 
their old age with dignity.

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And I only wish,
that awareness of how public

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social network is something
that cares for everyone

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from children, 
the most vulnerable, to the elderly,

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and is what makes 
our country so special.

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And that is why we love
living in it from birth to death.

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I'd like to point out
that the public health system

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has a special place
within the public social network.

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And it is the public health
system that is the first priority

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of this government,
strengthening this system in a way

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that it continues to be easily 
accessible to everyone,

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regardless of their material status, 
and that everyone can rely on the fact

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that when they have a problem,

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they will be able to get 
to a doctor free of charge

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and receive quality service. 
Therefore, it is even more important

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that at the time,
when there are deviations,

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including moral ones, we should clearly 
disassociate ourselves from them.

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I have checked the figures again, 
and during this term of office

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it has become clear that
this government has allocated

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significantly more money to the 
public health system than ever before.

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There are also more
doctors and more

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medical staff in the system 
than there have ever been.

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And yet, in some sectors, 
queues are not getting any shorter.

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And when we find out, 
that queues are abused by

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a minority of doctors for their
personal gain, it is all the more

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important, that we say a firm no
to such practices.

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Enough is enough. So once again,
congratulations to the management

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of the hospital in Novo mesto, 
which has exposed the practices

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of its doctors. 
I would like to take this opportunity

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to call on all the heads of hospitals
and public institutions

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across Slovenia, to carry out 
in the same way, with the

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same diligence, 
enhanced professional controls wherever

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they find,
something that is prohibited by law.

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Wherever doctors
from public institutions

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artificially lengthen 
queues and drive the patients

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to their private practices. 
That is the key, without which

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we will never be able to shorten
the queues. Only when we finally

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say no to these practices,
the queues will finally disappear.

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Our duty,

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and the duty of hospital managements
is to take a clear stance

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and to raise this 
issue with all employees.

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At the same time, I express my
gratitude to all those employees,

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the vast and silent majority
of medical staff and doctors

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in all institutions, 
who prove again and again

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that they have a heart 
that beats for patients.

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Thank you very much.
-Thank you. One more question.

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What's the overall impression 
of your visit to Zasavje?

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Today's visit was a
great success for me.

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On the one hand, we were
able to see that Zasavje,

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slowly but surely, 
has found its way out

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of the days of coal mining and
heavy industry and that it can be

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an inspiration to other places
in Slovenia in many areas.

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However, Zasavje has some
very obvious structural problems.

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The most glaring is
that the vast majority of the population

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commutes out of Zasavje, 
probably to Ljubljana.

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That is one of the things
that we also discussed

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with the mayors at the
working lunch today.

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On the one hand,
how to improve

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infrastructure, 
connectivity, logistics

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to make these routes 
less time-consuming, and also safer.

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And on the other hand, how to
attract more jobs back to Zasavje

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through the development of
tourism and some other activities.

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We've agreed to
draw up some kind

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of development plan for the Zasavje
region and that together we would

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tackle it in the next term of office.
Thank you very much.