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  • Measures for the medical system

    Measures for the medical system

    The healthcare domain is one of the major dissatisfactions of Romanians, as shown by all opinion polls. Suffocating bureaucracy, old hospitals, doctors offices without basic equipment, corrupt physicians who condition the medical act on bribe, rigged contests for filling managerial positions and purchases at inflated prices. Nothing is missing from the range of comorbidities of the healthcare system in Romania. Moreover, the system has been faced with a lack of personnel for a long time. Although, in recent years, Romanian doctors have received salaries comparable to those in Western Europe, many continue to leave the country, while in the Romanian countryside, many communes do not have doctors, and in the cities that have hospitals there is not enough medical personnel.



    This week, the manager of the Dr. Victor Gomoiu Clinical Children’s Hospital in Bucharest, Maria Enescu, has publicly drawn attention to the difficult situation in the medical unit’s on-call room, given that, she says, there is an acute lack of staff, and the nurses are exhausted. The shortage of personnel, the people in the system say, was worsened by the authorities decision to block the tender for positions in state institutions, a measure from a larger package, decided by the governing coalition made up of the Social Democratic Party – PSD and the National Liberal Party – PNL with the avowed intention to reduce the budget deficit. But, the press notes, in a year marked by European parliament, local, legislative and presidential elections, politicians are good at sweetening the bitter pill that they have prescribed themselves.



    The Social Democratic Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Thursday that a priority of his government team is to rapidly solve the issue of resident doctors who passed the specialty exam at the end of last year. There are approximately 4,500 doctors in whom the Romanian state has invested hundreds of millions of euros, and we must make sure that we keep them in the country. That is why, in the next period, the Health Ministry and the Development Ministry must update the lists of vacant positions and present the Government with new memoranda for tender for positions. I also ask the Finance Ministry to cooperate to make things happen quicker said the Prime Minister, at the beginning of the first Government meeting of 2024.



    The memoranda initiated by the two ministries regarding the tendering for vacancies in the healthcare system could be approved next week, the Health Minister, Alexandru Rafila, a party colleague of the PM announced also on Thursday. Thus, each health unit will be able to organize contests to fill vacant doctor or nurse positions. From the opposition, Save Romania Union – USR claims that there is a deficit of over 20,000 nurses and auxiliary medical personnel and of about 8,000 doctors, across Romania. (LS)


  • Events on the International Children’s Day

    Events on the International Children’s Day


    The
    International Children’s Day is celebrated on the first day of the summer
    season, in Romania, but also in many other countries around the world. It is a
    perfect opportunity to celebrate childhood, one of the most precious periods of
    time in everybody’s life. According to the French-speaking, Romanian-born playwright
    Eugene Ionesco, childhood is a world of miracles and wonder, of the creation
    bathed in light, emerging out of the darkness, indescribably new and fresh, and
    amazing. On June the 1st, all over the country, events dedicated to the International
    Children’s Day were staged. The little ones were invited to take part in contests,
    workshops, open-air performances and parties. Children enjoyed their celebration
    time at the Radio Concert Hall as well; Radio Romania’s Children Choir gave a
    concert, but before that, a comics workshop was held, which captivated the
    participants. Children in schools across Bucharest were challenged to take part in the
    creation of comics, starting off from the ideas suggested by the
    coordinator of the Radio Tiddlekins collection, Alexandru Ciubotariu. In the graphic artists’ community, the
    collection is known as Ciubi or the Square-shaped Cat. Also, the Parliament Palace opened its gates to children. They were welcomed by the speakers of the
    Two Parliament Chambers, entered politicians’ offices, the meeting rooms and
    were given details on the activity of Romania’s lawmakers.

    The Romanian Senate
    took the opportunity to launch the Senat junior.ro online platform,
    where information is made accessible to children as to how the Parliament works and what the laws are. The
    Senate Garden was especially decorated for the little ones. They had balloons,
    cakes and gifts, but they also visited the stands created by the numerous
    embassies and institutions. As they visited the Government building, Romanian
    children as well as the refugee Ukrainian children took part in a drawing and painting
    contest, whose theme was peace, friendship and love. At the end of the contest,
    children were awarded symbolical prizes by the organizers, they were given
    books and candies. Also in Bucharest, the BookFest International Book Salon
    took off on the very day of June the 1st. On the International Children’s
    Day, the Salon staged numerous events dedicated to the little ones, also
    celebrating the French-speaking literature through books and comics, all that
    staged against the backdrop of the Council of the European Union’s French Presidency.
    Elsewhere around the country, in Oradea, in the north-west, the State
    Philharmonics Orchestra gave a special concert, including cartoon movie
    soundtracks. In Arad, also in the north-west, the International Children’s Day was
    celebrated in several districts through interactive games, entertainment music
    recitals, modern dance and aerobic gymnastics, but also through educational activities.
    The south-eastern Romanian city of Constanta marked the International Children’s
    Day through puppet theater stage shows, magic and face painting. In Focsani, in
    the east, more than 2,000 children and athletes took part in a flash-mob, in a bid
    to set a new world record.

    (EN)