Health Fund chief claims 'I was not pushed' after he failed to do his job

Prime Minister Marek Belka dismissed the head of the National Health Fund (NFZ) Lesław Abramowicz yesterday. Abramowicz claims that he himself stepped down on Monday due to health problems and a difficult family situation. Health Minister Marek Balicki, however, said that the truth lies somewhere in-between. Abramowicz did not manage to approve the budget plan for 2005 by the end of August and failed to present an NFZ report for 2003. Commentators suggest either reason was enough good to give him the sack. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.6) J.J.