Šempeter

Surgeon opposing hospital’s Covid bed plans to return to work

Šempeter pri Gorici – Danijel Bešič Loredan, the head of the Nova Gorica general hospital’s orthopaedic ward, who had been banned from work due to his opposition to the hospital’s Covid reorganisation plans, is to return to work on Tuesday. The management has decided he will only receive a written warning.

Italian health staff to help Slovenian hospitals

Šempeter pri Gorici – A hospital official has announced that Slovenian hospitals will get help from neighbouring countries to cope with a surge of Covid-19 patients, asserting that an agreement has apparently been reached with Italy. However, the Health Ministry said that no conclusive agreement had been reached yet.

Next vaccine batch in Slovenia next week, ministry calls for vaccination

Šempeter pri Gorici/Novo Mesto – While Prime Minister Janez Janša has announced that a new shipment of Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Slovenia next week to largely cover the healthcare sector, a Health Ministry official has called for as massive vaccination as possible to make sure that the state starts normally functioning again.

Running along the River Savinja – to Celje and Back

Leave the motorway at the exit Šempeter. If you are driving from Ljubljana, turn right at the first crossing to Šempeter at the first roundabout and take the second exit to Prebold. After 200 meters, just before the bridge, turn left to the camping park Latkova vas. Park there and climb to the embankment that braces the river against floods.