On 6 June, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the Minister for Health Hosam Abu Meri. Meeting in the Riga Castle focused on infrastructure of two largest Latvian university hospitals – reconstruction of the National Cancer Centre and construction of the Infectious Disease and Respiratory Health Clinic at the Riga East University Hospital, and complete delivery of A2 block of Pauls Stradiņš University Hospital. “In recent weeks, staff and patients of the National Cancer Centre have grown increasingly alarmed about events and media information suggesting possible postponing of Centre’s reconstruction. This is a perfectly understandable reaction, which requires dialogue with industry and clear signals about next steps. Given the…