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Too much politisation, too little transparency
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Transparency Slovakia works to reduce corruption and increase the transparency of institutions. It scrutinises the powerful, pushes for solutions and engages people in public scrutiny. It’s vision is to work towards a Slovakia with responsible-minded citizens and open institutions without corruption.
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The Health Care Supervisory Office receives more than 2,000 appeals per year. In 2016, The Office assessed half of the 20141 complaints as unfounded. Most complaints related to patients' dissatisfaction with the provided medical care. The public is neither informed about the reasoning behind these decisions, nor about how the subject of complaint was prosecuted or what remedial action had been taken. Transparency International Slovakia advocated for more transparency and demanded the Office to publish the decisions made on the complaints and public information about the supervision it performs, as well as to publish data about sanctions and the availability of redress mechanisms.
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