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Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has drafted a new scheme for residents attending health care institutions to fill out tests that would reveal whether the person's drinking habits signal a possible addiction, 15min.lt news portal said.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga survived on Thursday an interpellation procedure launched against him in the parliament by the opposition.

The Lithuanian parliament will vote on Thursday on the opposition's interpellation to Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has pledged, on behalf of the government, to seek that in 2020 doctors should earn three times the country's average wage and nurses should be paid 1.5 times the average wage.

Ministers of Lithuania had different achievements over the first year in office, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, noting that this was also due to the different situations of the ministries they came to.

Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga got the biggest media focus during the first year of the government's term, while Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas got the least attention from the press.

Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga answered interpellation questions, saying that salaries for doctors will grow, and introduction of mystery shoppers have finally forced pharmacies to obey prescription drug sales rules, therefore, this should be viewed positively.

The Lithuanian Health Ministry and health professionals' organizations agreed on Thursday that salaries for doctors and other medical personnel should in the future be tied to the country's average wage.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says that there are no obstacles for raising salaries for doctors and other health professionals by 20 percent next May.

Lithuania's society is growing increasingly unhappy with the country's health care system and Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, shows a Vilmorus poll published in the daily newspaper Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday.

Lithuania's opposition has collected signatures under the text of interpellation against Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga.

Lithuanian Deputy Health Minister Aušra Motiejūnienė-Bilotienė and her adviser Danas Bakša are stepping down from their positions, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, who may face an interpellation procedure in the parliament, "is not the worst minister", an adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday.

Salaries for Lithuanian doctors and other health professionals could be raised by 15-20 percent next year, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), on Monday threw their support behind Aurelijus Veryga after opposition lawmakers decided to initiate an interpellation procedure against the health minister.

After the Lithuanian parliament's opposition groups agreed to initiate interpellation proceedings against Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, the minister has pledged to provide all answers, as required by the procedures.