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I'll stand here,
if you can stand over there.

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Do you have any questions
or should I make a statement?

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We're glad that the government
visited

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Brežice
General Hospital today.

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We showed them our recent
equipment acquisitions.

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Most importantly, we discussed
our investments,

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which we have been planning
together with the Health Ministry

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and Investment Office
for about three years.

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I'm glad that the construction
of Building F

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was included in the National
Development Program Plan today.

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This means that we'll proceed
with the public tender

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to select a construction contractor
in April according to our plan.

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If everything goes to plan,
we'll sign a contract

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with the winner of the tender
sometime in June.

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We also toured expensive
medical equipment

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acquired through investment
of the state.

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Already installed in the building
are a new CT scanner

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and a new MRI.

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They are scheduled to become
operative within two weeks,

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in early March. This is an important
acquisition for the hospital

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and the Posavje region.
Beginning in March, local residents

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will be able to complete MRI
diagnostics here at home

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with a doctor's referral
for a service that will be paid

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by the Health Insurance Institute.

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The overall value of
state investments is €20 million.

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This is one of the bigger
investments in the last 15 years.

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The last major investment
in our hospital

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was the construction
of our ER wing in 2012.

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The public healthcare system
and health in general

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have been this government's
priorities throughout our term,

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and will remain so in
our next term.

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Today, the government approved
funds for the construction

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of a new building in Brežice.
I'm happy to see

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that these investment
aren't just sorely needed,

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but also well-managed.

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I'd like to thank the management
of Brežice General Hospital

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for implementing
the investments

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as a superb manager.
I'd also like to thank them

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for something that proves
their management skills,

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namely the exceptional morale

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among employees
that I witnessed today.

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It's up to the management team
to ensure interpersonal relations

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that make employees
like to come to work.

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That is the best guarantee
of maintaining jobs,

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medical programs, and the future
of the hospital.

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I'm very happy that the employees
here are the ones

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driving this development,

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not just the visible parts,
but everything that is reflected

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in their attitude to patients.

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Thank you to everyone.

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We'll continue to work hard
to provide aid to Posavje,

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a strategic border region
in Slovenia.

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Posavje is strategically
important not just because

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of the energy sector, but also
because of the border

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and our defense capacity.

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We'll bring all this together.
In the case of Brežice

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General Hospital, this is evident
in joint investments

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to grow capacity. I trust we'll see
more examples in the years ahead

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and that this hospital will serve
as a role model

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for many other regional hospitals
in Slovenia.

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I'd like to ask for questions
on the topic of healthcare.

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The Prime Minister will later visit
the nuclear plant,

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and he'll answer other
questions then.

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I have a question about Krško NPP2,
if I may. -We'll do that later.

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Anything for the Prime Minister?
No? Thank you.

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Thank you!

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Prime Minister.
-Thank you and good luck.

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Thank you, Anica, and good luck.
-Thank you.

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Should we make a statement?
-Go ahead.

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A friendly hello and welcome.

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The period of 2022-2026
will go down in Slovenian history

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as a time when the most was done
for Slovenia's security,

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defense, and resilience
in the country's 35-year history.

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What we're doing today falls under
the umbrella of security.

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These are strategic locations
along the significant

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Ljubljana-Zagreb corridor,
the southern border, the airport,

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and the nuclear power plant,
all require appropriate

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healthcare capacity.
Today's meeting in the hospital

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was a tremendous success.
Visitors can sense

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that people who work
in this small, personalized hospital

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have big hearts.

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The Development Plan
signed by the government

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is not an election project.

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It takes a year or two of work.

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I'm happy to see these investments
worth about €18 million.

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They will add between 35 and 40
hospital beds.

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Security also consists
of healthcare.

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We've already heard the data,
but I'd like to thank

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the management team
and the employees

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showed us around Brežice
General Hospital.

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Since my last visit,
there's visible progress

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in the installation
of expensive medical equipment,

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an MRI and a CT.
I'm glad that these investments

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are proceeding at a rapid pace,
in line with our plan,

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and will soon be operational.
I'm also happy about the inclusion

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of Building F in the Development
Plan today.

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I hope we'll carry that out
as well.

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I'm happy about the new
acquisitions

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by Brežice General Hospital
for its patients

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and the hospital's good finances.
I wish the employees

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and the management team
good luck in the future.

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A question for the minister.
Hello. Enisa Brizani, TV Slovenia.

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What is your response
to concerns in the region

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that medical services
for the people of Posavje

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will be limited because
Brežice General Hospital

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is now part of the larger
Novo Mesto medical region.

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Those concerns aren't justified.
That wasn't the purpose of regions.

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The purpose was to have
better connections

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and collaboration in personnel
and professional fields.

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Slovenia is small
and we all work together.

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A bigger region is better able
to make connections

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and increase capacity.
It can also ensure better,

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more professional patient care,
because there's

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a bigger concentration of patients
per program.

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The regions won't change
their range of medical programs.

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They will merely enable
existing programs

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to be carried out better.

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The hospitals are already
collaborating and exchanging

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personnel and knowledge.
The introduction of medical regions

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will just make this easier.

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About the timeline
of the annex...

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Will it be this year?

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What is the timeline of
the construction of the annex?

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Will it start this year?
-The construction will start

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in July 2026 and be completed
in August 2028.

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What does this mean to you?
-It means that the construction

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will proceed as planned.

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What will the facilities
mean to you?

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They'll allow us to have
a entirely different

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standard of accommodation,
one that is recommended

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by current medical guidelines.

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It will feature twin bedrooms
with their own bathrooms.

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This represents a change
from the current situation,

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where we have rooms with
four do eight beds

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and one bathroom
per 25 beds.

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Because of isolation,
which is increasingly important

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because of transmissible
diseases,

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this is an urgent investment.

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And just one more
question for the minister.

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Sevnica is also expecting
a satellite ER facility.

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Can you tell us more
about this investment?

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Project documentation
is now being prepared

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for the satellite ER facility
in Sevnica.

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I believe it will soon be submitted.
The value is €1.5 million,

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as is the case with such facilities.

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I hope construction will start
as soon as possible.