healthcare

Romanian Health Ministry Mulls Job Cuts Among System Auxiliary Staff

15:13, 17 Ian. 2010
Romania’s Health Minister Cseke Attila told a news conference Sunday that while specialized medical staff in the healthcare system will not be laid off, the ministry is looking at potential job cuts among auxiliary staff in the system.

Turkey’s Private Hospital Network Medicana Eyes Romanian Mkt

17:10, 03 Ian. 2010
Medicana Hospital, one of Turkey’s leading private healthcare provider networks, plans to expand overseas to countries like Romania and Bulgaria, and seize the opportunities provided by the healthcare tourism industry in the European Union, according to publication Today's Zaman.

Romanian Healthcare Staff Sets Up 10,000-Strong Rally After Oct 20

16:59, 24 Sept. 2009
The leaders of Romanian healthcare union Sanitas will organize, after October 20, a rally expected to gather over 10,000 people, followed by a strike throughout the healthcare system, if health minister Ion Bazac does not keep his promise to provide employee wage funds until the end of the year.

Romania Healthcare Salary Might Increase By 35% – Draft Law

20:08, 28 Iun. 2009
Romania’s latest version of the single and unitary salary law in the public system stipulates a 35% pay raise for personnel in the healthcare system, compared to the 75% raise in the previous version of the draft law.

Romania Healthcare System Wages Could Reach RON6,900/Mo – Draft Law

20:37, 18 Iun. 2009
Romanian physicians and auxiliary personnel could earn, under the coming single and unitary salary law in the public system, between 1,200 lei (EUR1-RON4.2317) and RON6,900 a month.

Romania Pledges Rough Anti-Corruption Measures In Healthcare

12:44, 20 Mai 2009
Romania’s Health Ministry recently told the officials of the European Commission’s evaluation mission in healthcare that it plans to introduce the co-payment system in healthcare and conduct an audit to monitor public purchases and check the integrity of medical staff in a bid to reduce corruption.

Romania Needs EUR2B To Endow Hospitals With Modern Equipment

13:44, 23 Apr. 2009
Romanian health minister Ion Bazac said Thursday that Romania needs EUR2 billion to endow public hospitals with modern medical equipment and public investments in healthcare will continue this tear despite the economic crisis.

Romanian Gov Coalition Discussed Decentralizing Measures In Education, Police, Healthcare, Culture, Sports

13:34, 09 Mart. 2009
Romanian deputy prime minister Dan Nica said Monday leaders of the governing coalition discussed decentralization measures and set a calendar for sectors such as education, police, healthcare, agriculture, culture and sports.

Over 3 Million Romanian Pensioners To Get 90% Discount On Drugs As Of March 1

14:09, 01 Mart. 2009
Over three million Romanians with pensions of up to 600 lei (EUR1=RON4.2909) benefit, as of Sunday, of 650 types of drugs they can buy at a 90% discount.

Romanian Healthcare Employees Might Protest After Feb 10 Over Wage Demands

14:34, 30 Ian. 2009
Romanian healthcare unionists threatened to trigger protests after Feb 10, as they are not happy with the government’s offer to hike their wages by only 5% and cut all bonuses, union leader Marius Petcu told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Healthcare Unionists To Protest If Protocol With Former Govt Isn’t Observed

12:30, 28 Ian. 2009
Romanian healthcare employees could resume protests if the protocol they signed last year with the Health Ministry isn’t observed, but they will make a decision after they meet with Prime Minister Emil Boc and after the state budget is approved, union leader Marius Petcu said Wednesday.

Romanian Health Min Plans Amendment To Decree Banning Cumulated Pensions And Wages In Public Sector

13:19, 07 Ian. 2009
Romanian health minister Ion Bazac will propose to the prime minister the amendment of the recently adopted emergency decree that bans pensioners hired in the public sector to receive both pensions and salaries.

Romanian Health Min Makes Surprise Visits To County Hospitals

13:29, 27 Dec. 2008
Romania’s newly appointed Health Minister, Ion Bazac, has made surprise visits to county hospitals nationwide to see how fit they are to respond to emergencies during holidays.

Base Salaries In Romanian Public Health Sector To Increase 10% On Avg In 2009 – Draft

15:15, 17 Dec. 2008
Base wages in the Romanian public healthcare system will be increased next year by an average 10% in two stages, on Mar 1 and Sept 1, according to a draft emergency decree drawn up by the Health Ministry and up for public debate.

Romanian Integrity Center Plans To Introduce Integrity Tests In Healthcare Sys

16:11, 28 Nov. 2008
The manager of the Romanian National Integrity Center, Alexandru Cumpanasu, said Friday during a debate on measures to fight corruption, that he will propose to the future health minister the introduction of integrity tests in the healthcare system.

Romanian Healthcare Unionists, Health Ministry Signed Wage Hike Agreement

12:22, 14 Nov. 2008
Romania’s Sanitas union federation of healthcare employees signed an agreement with the Health Ministry Friday stipulating wage increases of at least 10% in 2009 for employees in the system.

Romanian Healthcare Union Federation Calls Off Planned Protests

11:10, 07 Nov. 2008
Romania’s healthcare sector union federation Sanitas decided Friday to call of planned protests and will sign an agreement with health minister Eugen Nicolaescu next week.

Romanian President Agrees With Higher Wages For Healthcare Sector Employees

12:22, 27 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday at the meeting with the members of the presidential commission analyzing and drafting policies in the healthcare sector that he agrees with higher wages in the sector, provided wages go hand in hand with professional achievements, just like in the education sector.

Romanian Health Min Promises Wage Hike Plan By Nov 3

13:34, 24 Oct. 2008
Romania’s health minister Eugen Nicolaescu promised healthcare unions Friday he would come up with a wage hike plan for employees in the system by November 3.

A Govt Responsive To People’s Needs Will Have The Courage To Reform Healthcare Sys – U.S. Ambassador

12:58, 23 Oct. 2008
U.S. ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman said Thursday in his farewell speech that “a government for the people will have the political courage to reform the healthcare system”.

Romanian President Voices Out Deficiencies In Education, Healthcare Systems

15:58, 24 Sept. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu voiced out Wednesday, in his address in Parliament, the deficiencies in the country’s education and healthcare systems, saying the education system deepens the gap between children in rural and urban areas, while the healthcare system is inefficient.

Romanian Health Min Says Is Baffled By President’s Ignorance

18:22, 20 Sept. 2008
Romanian health minister Eugen Nicolaescu said in a press release Saturday that he regrets the head of state is using people’s pain to gain votes and is baffled that, after four years of office, the president has no idea what is going on in the country.

Romanian President Criticizes Management In Healthcare, Education

14:21, 20 Sept. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu criticized Saturday defective management in healthcare and education, saying the deplorable state of Romanian hospitals is hard to explain considering funds injected into healthcare have doubled since 2004.

Romania’s Healthcare Might Get 5% Of GDP In ’09-Min

17:16, 15 Aug. 2008
The Romanian government might allocate funds matching 5% of the gross domestic product to the healthcare field in 2009, with the percentage to reach 7% of the GDP in 2012, Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Friday.

Over 10,000 Romanian Flood Victims Received Vaccination

13:33, 02 Aug. 2008
Over 10,000 people in areas hit by floods in northern and eastern Romania have been vaccinated and preventive medical care will continue next week, Raed Arafat, sub-secretary of state in the Health Ministry, said Saturday.

Romanian Health Min, Bucharest Mayor Agree To Transfer Hospitals To Local Administration

12:33, 02 Iul. 2008
Romania’s health minister Eugen Nicolaescu and capital Bucharest general mayor Sorin Oprescu agreed Wednesday to create a working group to draw up a strategy to transfer hospitals to the subordination of local administrations and build homes for interns and young doctors.

Romania To Have Cell, Tissue Bank In Autumn

14:12, 12 Mai 2008
A tissue and cell bank could become operational this fall in Romania’s central city of Targu Mures, Ovidiu Butuc, manager of the local emergency hospital, told a news conference Monday.

Budget Cuts Will Not Affect National Health Programs – Minister

12:26, 04 Mart. 2008
Romanian health minister Eugen Nicolaescu said that the cut by RON433.7 million in the budget of the Health Ministry in the year’s first budget revision would not affect the country’s national health programs.

Romanian Public Healthcare Units To Outsource Dialysis Services – Draft

15:15, 18 Feb. 2008
Dialysis services in public healthcare units in Romania will be privatized and the private entities to take over these centers will sign a four-year agreement with hospitals, according to a draft government decision under public debate.

Romanian Healthcare Employees To Receive Stability Bonus – Minister

10:26, 26 Nov. 2007
Employees of Romania’s public healthcare system will receive starting October an annual stability bonus, equal to the lowest salary of their basic qualification, health minister Eugen Nicolaescu told MEDIAFAX Monday.