Brain-dead woman gives birth, organs save four in Hungary hospital

Forrás: MTI | 2013. november 13. szerda 17:24 |

A woman treated in hospital for three months as a brain-dead patient gave birth to a healthy baby through cesarian section in the maternity clinic of Debrecen University, Professor Bela Fulesdi, head of the university's medical centre, told an international press conference on Wednesday.

After the unprecedented birth, five organs of the woman were given to four patients waiting for a life-saving transplant, the professor said. State Secretary for health Miklos Szocska, who attended the press conference, said that "one life has helped save five" and thanked both doctors and nurses of the hospital, and the deceased woman's family for "choosing life" through their consent to the operations.

Hungary Reformed Charity medical team with aid to help in typhoon-hit Philippines

2013. november 10. vasárnap 20:37 |

A team carrying medical equipment and 15,000 dollars in aid from the Hungarian Reformed Charity will leave for the typhoon-hit Philippines on Monday, the charity told MTI on Sunday

The team of eight doctors will provide medical help in the coastal city of Tacloban, on the island hit hardest by Typhoon Haiyan, where they will start work in a fully equipped tent upon arrival, it said.

The aid package provided by the charity contains medical equipment, medicine, bandages and infusions.

The secondary aim of the mission is to assess rebuilding needs.

Donations to the charity may be made by calling 13600 and punching in code 66, by visiting the website www.jobbadni.hu or through the account number 10702019-85008898-51100005.

According to the Philippine government's estimate, some 10,000 people have died in the disaster.

Synagogue reconstruction launched in Debrecen, Oradea

Forrás: MTI | 2013. november 12. kedd 10:18 |

The synagogue in Debrecen's Kápolnás street in eastern Hungary and the Zion synagogue in Oradea (Nagyvárad) in western Romania will be reconstructed in a 1.41 million euro cross-border project.

Tamás Horovitz, head of the Jewish Community of Debrecen, said the synagogue built in 1910 seats 600 people and has a dome of the Star of David. The building will undergo repairs to its roof and drainage pipes and the interior and facade will be repainted. Work will start on Dec.1 and expected to finish by May 31 next year, he said.

Felix Kappelmann, the head of the Jewish Community of Nagyvárad, said the synagogue, built on the banks of the River Körös, will help make the city a meeting place for not only different nationalities but for spiritual communities too.

Hungary Reformed Charity medical team with aid to help in typhoon-hit Philippines

2013. november 10. vasárnap 20:37 |

A team carrying medical equipment and 15,000 dollars in aid from the Hungarian Reformed Charity will leave for the typhoon-hit Philippines on Monday, the charity told MTI on Sunday

The team of eight doctors will provide medical help in the coastal city of Tacloban, on the island hit hardest by Typhoon Haiyan, where they will start work in a fully equipped tent upon arrival, it said.

The aid package provided by the charity contains medical equipment, medicine, bandages and infusions.

The secondary aim of the mission is to assess rebuilding needs.

Donations to the charity may be made by calling 13600 and punching in code 66, by visiting the website www.jobbadni.hu or through the account number 10702019-85008898-51100005.

According to the Philippine government's estimate, some 10,000 people have died in the disaster.

Korean films shown at Urania for free

Forrás: MTI | 2013. október 29. kedd 15:43 |

Five Korean films will be shown at free screenings in Budapest's Urania cinema between November 4 and 8.

The films will be shown with Hungarian subtitles in the main screening room and with English subtitles in the Csortos screening room, cinema director Edit Bakos told the press on Monday. Spokeswoman of the Korean Cultural Centre Dora Palffy said that four of the five films will be Hungarians premieres.  

The programme will include the 2012 award-winning historical drama Masquerade on November 5, the renowned 2004 thriller Oldboy on November 5 and 6, the comedy Barking Dogs Never Bite from 2000 on November 6 and 7, the award-winning 2010 thriller Secret Reunion on November 7 and 8, and the 2008 action moive Rough Cut on November 4 and 8.

Budapest hosts conference on Indian-Hungarian links in art

Forrás: mti | 2013. november 04. hétfő 17:49 |

A conference dedicated to Indian painter of Hungarian origin Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) and cultural links between the two countries started in Budapest on Monday.

Gyorgy Fekete, head of the conference's organiser Hungarian Art Academy (MMA), said at the opening event that "the spiritual journey between the two countries" includes such notable persons as Hungarian Orientalist Sandor Korosi Csoma, Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, Hungarian writer and Islamologist Gyula Germanus and Hungarian-British archaeologist Aurel Stein. Ministry of Human Resources official Imre Lazar told the conference that cultural cooperation between the two countries goes back to the 16th-17th centuries but links became especially strong in the early 20th century thanks to many Hungarian scientists and researchers who visited India, including Stein, Ervin Baktay and Germanus. The conference features 23 lectures over two days exploring bilateral relations in science, painting, music, dance, literature, architecture and ethnography. The second day will be focused on Sher-Gil, whose birth anniversary is commemorated this year. The chief patron of the event is Minister of Human Resources Zoltan Balog.

Whale-shaped cultural centre opens on Budapest embankment

Forrás: MTI | 2013. november 08. péntek 17:50 |

Balna Budapest, a modern cultural and commercial centre built in the shape of a whale, opened its doors on the city's eastern embankment on Friday after prolonged legal and technical battles.

Deputy mayor Gabor Bagdy said at the opening that in 2010 his administration had inherited a technically unfinished building which lacked commercial potential, in an underfinanced project under a legally challenging public-private-partnership.

The building, designed by the Dutch architect Kaas Oosterhuis, should have opened by August 2010, but the contractor left it in a half-finished state and failed to pay his subcontractors. Budapest municipality bought up outstanding debt in 2012 and paid some of the subcontractors, although there still remain problems, Bagdy said.

"The Balna could be the Eiffel Tower of Budapest," he said, adding that the New Budapest Gallery opened its doors on level 2 and level -1 will house an eco-friendly market and antique shops.

The Gallery opened with an exhibition containing the works of 58 contemporary artists on Friday and a wide range of programmes will be on offer until Sunday.