Treatment with real biological medication for patients with chronic intestinal diseases at the Ljubljana medical centre is being replaced with the treatment of similar, but cheaper, biological medication. And they are not the only ones, as the same thing is also happening to patients with rheumatism and psoriasis. Patients are worried, even though doctors at the UKC Ljubljana hospital insist that the new medicine is equal in quality.
All three patient associations have turned to the Representative of Patients' Rights, Duša Hlade Zore, for help. She says patients in Ljubljana have been put in an inequitable position, as the mediation for patients in other parts of Slovenia has not been replaced.